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 …

Objectives: To examine risk factors for posttreatment recurrence in papillary thyroid
carcinoma (PTC) patients with initial presentation of lateral neck metastasis (N1b). Summary …

From a multivariate analysis of more than 20,600 patient-years' experience with papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC), we devised a prognostic scoring system based on patient age …

Purpose Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) arising from the pyramidal lobe is rare; therefore,
clinicopathologic evaluation is lacking. In addition, the rate of occult malignancy in the …

Objective: To examine the association between the extent of surgery and overall survival in
a large contemporary cohort of patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Background …

Objective To ascertain whether modified radical neck dissection offers a survival advantage
for some subsets of patients with papillary cancer of the thyroid. Design A retrospective …

Background Although papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) generally has an indolent nature,
massive extrathyroid extension (Ex) and clinical lateral node metastasis (N1b) are prominent …

Background: The extent of surgery for papillary thyroid cancers (PTC) remains controversial.
Consensus guidelines have recommended total thyroidectomy for PTC≥ 1 cm; however, no …

BACKGROUND: We investigated central compartment recurrence (CCR) and mortality rate
in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) who had no central lymph node dissection …

Background: Current guidelines allow lobectomy as treatment for 1–4 cm papillary thyroid
carcinomas (PTCs), as previous studies reported no clear survival advantages for total …