Introduction: The management of cervical metastases from papillary thyroid carcinoma
ranges from selective removal (berry picking) to a formal comprehensive neck dissection …

Background Central lymph node metastasis (LNM) in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is
common. But the association between primary tumor characteristics and specific features of …

Objective: To determine the adequate extent of surgery for small carcinomas of the thyroid.
Design: Retrospective cohort study of 867 consecutive patients with small carcinomas of the …

Background Although lymphatic metastasis does not affect overall survival for patients with
differentiated thyroid carcinoma, locoregional control can be improved with cervical …

Objective To compare the diagnostic accuracy of integrated 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose
PET/CT with ultrasonography (US) and contrast enhanced CT (CECT) alone in the initial …

Background There is ongoing controversy as to the indications for and extent of lateral
cervical lymphadenectomy for patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). While most now …

Background In papillary thyroid cancer, the role of lymph node dissection remains
controversial, and staging systems consider metastatic lymph nodes as a binary entity. The …

Precise localization of cervical node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma is rarely
described. The aim of this retrospective study was to map their cervical involvement …

Abstract Background Papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs) are commonly associated with
lymph node metastases (LNMs), which are thought to disseminate sequentially, first to the …

The benefit of modified radical neck dissection for differentiated thyroid cancer is discussed
based on the authors' experience between 1966 and 1983. Younger patients had a more …