Opinion statement Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), the most common thyroid malignancy, is
associated with cervical lymph node metastases in 30% to 90% of patients. While surgery is …

BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography has been proposed to enhance preoperative assessment
of cervical lymph node status in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) …

The TNM classification (tumor-node-metastasis) was adopted by the American Joint
Committee on Cancer and the International Union against Cancer a decade ago to avoid …

Both the association between lymphocytic thyroiditis (LT) and papillary thyroid carcinoma
(PTC), and the prognostic significance of lymphocytic infiltrate in patients with thyroid …

Background. The role of lymph node dissection in the treatment of differentiated thyroid
carcinoma remains controversial, and the benefit of therapy is debatable. This study was …

BACKGROUND: The impact of nodal disease remains controversial in papillary thyroid
carcinoma (PTC). STUDY DESIGN: One surgeon treated 159 unselected patients, who were …

Background The goals of this study were to analyze clinical factors that affect cervical lymph
node metastasis (LNM) in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), and to evaluate the diagnostic …

INTRODUCTION: Papillary carcinoma is the most common malignant thyroid neoplasm. The
effect of the concurrent presence of Hashimoto's thyroiditis and papillary thyroid carcinoma …

Well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma (WDTC) represents a group of thyroid cancers with
excellent prognosis. Age, a well-recognized risk factor for WDTC, has been consistently …

Objective To determine the patterns of lateral cervical metastasis and the incidence of level
IIb lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma. Design Retrospective medical …