Purpose: To explore the risk factors that may predict the lymph node metastasis potential of
these lesions and new prevention strategies in papillary thyroid carcinoma patients …

Background Central lymph node metastasis (CLNM) is common in papillary thyroid
carcinoma (PTC). Prophylactic central lymph node dissection (PCLND) for patients with …

Background Lymph node metastasis (LNM) is frequent in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC)
and is associated with a poor prognosis. Unlike central LNM (CLNM), there are few studies …

Background and objectives Recently, some single-institution studies have reported risk
factors of CLNM in cN0 PTC patients, but results from those studies are not consistent. The …

Abstract Background In 2010, the Japanese Society of Thyroid Surgeons (JSTS) and
Japanese Association of Endocrine Surgeons (JAES) established new guidelines entitled …

Background This meta‐analysis aimed to identify the clinicopathological factors that could
predict the risk of occult lateral neck lymph node metastasis (OLLNM) in N0/N1a papillary …

The incidence of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has exponentially increased in recent
years. Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) accounts for the majority of the reported …

Background Preoperative prediction of lymph node metastases has a major impact on
prognosis and recurrence for patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Thyroid …

Background Lateral neck lymph node (LN) metastases (N1b) have been identified as
independent risk factors of recurrence in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) …

Purpose Early and accurate preoperative diagnosis of central lymph node metastasis
(CLNM) is crucial to improve surgical management of patients with clinical lymph node …