Background The characteristics of multifocal PTC remain controversial. Surgical approach to
multifocal tumor changes between centers. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence of …

Simple Summary Multifocality is often found in PTC. There are contradicting evidences
regarding clinical implications of cancer laterality in multifocal PTC. The current study …

Methods A retrospective survey was carried out in 648 patients with PTC who underwent
surgery from January 1997 to December 2006. One hundred and sixty-eight cases of the …

BACKGROUND Bilaterality is common in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), but its clinical and
prognostic implications are still controversial, and it remains unclear whether its behavior is …

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is often clinically multifocal. In this study, the
clinicopathological characteristics of a total of 347 PTC patients treated between 2006 and …

Background Although papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) often presents as multifocal or
bilateral tumors, but whether multifocality or bilaterality is associated with disease …

Background Although multifocality is often observed in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC),
the associations with clinicopathologic factors and the prognostic value are still …

Background Whether multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is more associated with
recurrence than unifocal PTC is controversial. This study investigates the appropriateness of …

Abstract The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines recommend
completion thyroidectomy for patients with multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) …

Background Tumor multifocality is frequently seen in Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).
However, few studies have analysed the impact of bilateral multifocality in PTC. The …