Background The lateral compartment frequently demonstrates metastasis from thyroid
carcinoma. In contrast to that for central lymph node dissection, the indication for lateral …

Objectives To examine the value of CEUS as a non-invasive tool in detecting lateral neck
metastasis (LNM) and the enhancement patterns of malignant lymph nodes (LN) for thyroid …

Recently, there have been important advances in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer as well as
in our understanding of the biologic nature of thyroid cancer. Most patients with thyroid …

Objective: Prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection (pCCND) results in a
higher percentage of surgical-related complications. To date, no evidence of the impact of …

Purpose To evaluate the diagnostic performances of ultrasonographic (US) findings,
computed tomography (CT) findings and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) for the …

Thyroid cancer (TC) is the most frequent endocrine tumor with a growing incidence
worldwide. Besides the improvement of diagnosis, TC increasing incidence is probably due …

Introduction: The management of inferior parathyroid glands during central neck dissection
(CND) for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) remains controversial. Most surgeons preserve …

Background Indication and extent of lateral prophylactic neck dissection (PLND) in papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is very controversial. Methods We retrospectively analysed 131 …

BACKGROUND: In papillary thyroid cancer, the incidence of regional lymph node
metastasis in the central compartment has been reported to be between 21% and 60%. This …

We have used quantitative RT-PCR to analyse the mRNA expression profile of the major
components of the IGF axis in different stages of murine mammary gland development …