AIMS: Adequate evaluation and surgical management of cervical lymph node metastasis is
very important in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). The aim of this study was to evaluate the …

Background The goals of this study were to analyze clinical factors that affect cervical lymph
node metastasis (LNM) in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), and to evaluate the diagnostic …

Background Preoperative neck ultrasonography (US) may detect nodal metastases of
papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) but its utility in detecting metastases at specific neck …

Background: Although ultrasound (US) is routinely used for the preoperative evaluation of
neck nodes in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), the diagnostic role of …

BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography has been proposed to enhance preoperative assessment
of cervical lymph node status in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) …

Background Although many patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) display
associated cervical lymph node metastases (LNM), the optimal extent of lymph node …

Background Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is a common endocrine cancer and commonly
presents with lymph node (LN) metastases. The role of surgical removal of the central …

Abstract Objective/Hypothesis: To describe our institution's experience with the management
of cervical metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and suggest a treatment strategy …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Ultrasound has become widely accepted as the first
imaging technique used for the assessment of cervical lymph node metastasis in patients …

Objective To determine the frequency of occult macroscopic metastasis detected by
preoperative US evaluation of the neck in patients with PTC. Papillary thyroid carcinoma …