Introduction Over the past years, the incidence of thyroid cancer has surged not only in
Germany but also in other countries of the Western hemisphere. This surge was first and …

Background: Cervical lymph node metastases from differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) are
common. Thirty to eighty percent of patients with papillary thyroid cancer harbor lymph node …

Context: The surgical management of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC), especially
regarding the necessity of central lymph node dissection, remains controversial. Objective …

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 Lymph node metastases from papillary thyroid cancer is believed to
disseminate sequentially, first to the central neck and later to the lateral neck. Skip …

Objective: To analyze the yield and rate of node metastases (pN1) for prophylactic central
(CND) and lateral neck dissection (LND) for papillary thyroid carcinoma, the risk factors for …

Background Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is a common endocrine cancer and commonly
presents with lymph node (LN) metastases. The role of surgical removal of the central …

Background Lateral cervical lymph node metastasis without central lymph node (CLN)
metastasis is not infrequent in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). This study was designed to …

Background Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) has become a main cause of the
extremely high incidence of thyroid carcinoma. This study aimed to evaluate the longer-term …

Simple Summary Thyroid cancers are the most common endocrine cancers and their
incidence has increased significantly in recent decades worldwide. Total thyroidectomy is …