Lymph node metastases are common in papillary and medullary thyroid cancer (about one
third of patients at presentation) but are rare in other types of thyroid malignancy. For …

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic factors for local failure
and cause specific survival in differentiated thyroid carcinoma and the impact of surgery …

Background: Survival studies in differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) may be biased
because they have been performed in heterogeneous populations. In addition, specific …

BACKGROUND: The role of central neck dissection (CND) in differentiated thyroid cancer
remains controversial. This study aims at elucidating the potential benefits and drawbacks of …

Background Although the role of prophylactic central neck lymph node dissection (CNLD) in
the treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is controversial, many surgeons perform …

Background Cervical lymph node metastasis in differentiated thyroid carcinoma has mostly
been found to have little relationship to prognosis. However, some studies report nodal …

Context: Thyroid cancer predominately affects women, carries a worse prognosis in older
age, and may have higher mortality in men. Superimposed on these observations is the fact …

Context How lymph node metastasis (LNM)-associated mortality risk is affected by BRAF
V600E in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) remains undefined. Objective To study whether …

Background The present study was designed to investigate the diagnostic ability of
computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography (USG) in the preoperative evaluation of the …

Background: We have analyzed our experience with differentiated thyroid cancer patients
with extrathyroidal extension (ETE) to investigate patterns of recurrence and define factors …