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 …

The natural history of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is such that many patients reach normal
life expectancy after total thyroidectomy and radioiodine therapy (1). Still, a large number of …

Background Intense postoperative monitoring has resulted in increasing detection of
patients with recurrent papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Our goals included quantifying …

Opinion statement Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), the most common thyroid malignancy, is
associated with cervical lymph node metastases in 30% to 90% of patients. While surgery is …

Opinion statement The incidence of thyroid cancer has been increasing over the past 30
years, and it is now the seventh most common cancer in women. Papillary thyroid cancer is …

Purpose To investigate the factors associated with a favorable prognosis after reoperation
for local recurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), we reviewed 45 patients who …

Total thyroidectomy is the treatment of choice for clinically significant papillary thyroid cancer
(PTC); however, 10–15% develop palpable local recurrence in the cervical lymph nodes …

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

Long-term survival rate for papillary and follicular carcinoma is more than 90%, but this
varies considerably among subsets of patients. About 30% of patients, however, develop …

Context: Although commonly performed, data are lacking regarding efficacy and safety of
lymph node dissection (LND) for recurrent/persistent papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) …