Context: The prognosis of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) with cervical lymph node (LN)
metastasis has changed with increased detection of subclinical metastatic LNs. The number …

Background Cervical lymph node (LN) metastases are common in patients with papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC), and they have a negative impact on recurrence. The management …

Background: Despite improvements in the surgical and medical treatment of papillary thyroid
carcinoma (PTC), subsets of patients suffer from structural recurrence after initial treatment …

Purpose To identify lateral lymph node (LN) characteristics predictive of outcome in papillary
thyroid cancer patients with clinically evident nodal disease. Methods A total of 438 patients …

Background Although subclinical cervical lymph node (LN) metastases in papillary thyroid
carcinoma (PTC) are common, the efficacy of prophylactic central LN dissection (CLND) is …

Background The patterns, predictive factors and prognostic impact of multilevel metastasis in
patients with N1b papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) were investigated. Methods A …

Background Prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) at the time of the total
thyroidectomy (TT) remains controversial in clinically nodal-negative (cN0) papillary thyroid …

Background The extent of neck dissection (ND) appropriate for necks yielding clinical
evidence of metastases of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is controversial. The need for …

Background The objective of this study was to determine the rate and pattern of nodal
recurrence in patients who underwent a therapeutic, lateral neck dissection (LND) for …

Lymph node involvement is associated with recurrence in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).
The central neck compartment (level VI) lymph nodes are at the greatest risk of metastases …