Objective To study the related factors of central lymph node (CLN) metastasis in papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC), the indications and the extent of central neck dissection (CND) …

Objective To study the pattern of lymph node spread in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC)
with clinically negative node (cN0). Methods A total of 106 patients with cN0 PTC who …

Methods The clinic data of 122 patients with PTC who underwent therapeutic lateral neck
dissection between March 2004 and November 2010 was analyzed retrospectively. There …

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between central lymph node
(CLN) metastasis and clinicopathologic characteristics of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). In …

Background Most of the reports about lymph node (LN) metastasis in papillary thyroid
carcinoma (PTC) are retrospective studies. Methods We prospectively evaluated the pattern …

Objective: To investigate the risk factors of central neck lymph node metastasis (CNLNM) in
cN0 papillary thyroid carcinoma. Method: Retrospective analysis of 114 patients with …

Objective To study the patterns of cervical lymph nodes metastasis and the surgical
managements of cervical lymph nodes in clinical N0 (cN0) papillary thyroid carcinoma …

Objective: To investigate the risk factors for central lymph node metastasis (CLNM) and
lateral cervical lymph node metasta-sis in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients …

Background Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) metastasizes to central lymph node (CLN). CLN
metastasis is associated with high risk of locoregional recurrence and distant metastasis …

Purpose: To evaluate the predictive factors of central lymph node (CLN) metastasis and the
relationship between the number of metastatic CLN and risk factors for recurrence or …