Background: The current recommended surgical strategy for medullary thyroid carcinoma is
a total thyroidectomy, removal of all neoplastic tissue present in the neck and bilateral …

Current guidelines recommend total thyroidectomy with central lymph node dissection
(CND) for patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). This study aimed to identify low …

Background Medullary thyroid carcinoma is an aggressive tumor and presents with
significant morbidity and mortality and a high rate of lymph node metastases. The …

Background: Preoperative predictors for the need of prophylactic lymph node dissection in
the lateral neck have been studied in patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) …

Background Patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) often receive lateral lymph
node dissection with total thyroidectomy when calcitonin levels are elevated, even in the …

Total thyroidectomy and central neck dissection are the procedures of choice in patients
affected with medullary thyroid cancer. It is known that a medullary thyroid cancer with node …

Background Total thyroidectomy is the treatment of choice for medullary thyroid carcinoma
(MTC), but the extent of neck dissection is controversial. Lymph node metastases, distant …

Introduction Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare thyroid cancer arising from the
calcitonin-secreting parafollicular cells. Previous studies suggested a preoperative …

Objective The purpose of the study is to determine whether reoperation for medullary thyroid
carcinoma (MTC), performed with low morbidity in carefully selected patients, consistently …

Background. This study evaluated the outcome of total thyroidectomy and modified radical
neck dissection in primary treatment of patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) …