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

Background Papillary thyroid carcinoma has excellent survival, yet recurrence remains a
challenge. We sought to determine the proportion of reoperations performed for persistent …

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 …

Background Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is generally an indolent tumor indicative of
favorable prognosis. However, post-treatment recurrences may be problematic, and …

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

Background Intense disease surveillance and frequent lymph node metastases (LNMs) in
papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) have resulted in increased locoregional recurrences. We …

Background The influence of lymph node recurrences of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC)
on overall prognosis is uncertain. We performed a population-based, longitudinal analysis to …

Context: The primary treatment of locoregionally recurrent/persistent papillary thyroid cancer
(PTC) is surgical removal by reoperation. However, there had been only limited number of …

Purpose Surgical treatment of local recurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma is still controversial
because of the increased morbidity in comparison to primary surgery, and the unclear …

Background Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) does recur, despite its favorable long-term
outcome. The incidence of thyroid cancer in South Korea increased during the 1990s, then …