Background. The influence of various clinicopathologic features on survival of patients with
papillary thyroid carcinoma has been examined. In particular, histologic grade, which was …

The extent of surgical resection for differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid gland confined to
one lobe remains controversial. Although primary tumor size and extrathyroid extension are …

BACKGROUND: The role of routine prophylactic central-neck lymph node dissection
(CLND) for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) remains controversial. We perform CLND for PTC …

The influence of various pathological features on tumour recurrences and cancer deaths has
been studied in 173 consecutive cases of surgically treated papillary thyroid carcinoma …

Background Cervical lymph node metastases in papillary thyroid cancer are common.
Although central neck dissection is indicated in clinically nodal-positive disease, it remains …

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 There is ongoing controversy as to the indications for and extent of lateral
cervical lymphadenectomy for patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). While most now …

Recurrence of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) after optimized surgery requires a full
understanding of the disease, especially as it has changed in the last 15 years, what …

Reasons cited for the routine performance of total thyroidectomy in patients with papillary
thyroid carcinoma include: fear of multicentric neoplastic foci causing local recurrence and …

Total thyroidectomy has become the routine procedure for treatment of differentiated thyroid
carcinoma. However, the necessity of unilateral or bilateral neck dissection is far less …