Journal
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 99, Issue 4, Pages 186-188Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21234
Keywords
papillary thyroid cancer; staging; lymph node metastases
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Impact of nodal involvement in papillary thyroid cancer remains controversial. The incidence of nodal metastases is high and the presence of involved nodes has a negative impact on recurrence and possibly on survival as well, particularly in older patients. The risk of nodal disease increases with age, tumor size, and BRAF oncogene expression. Most thyroid surgeons sample the ipsilateral central nodes as a minimum and present. Lateral compartment neck dissection is reserved for patients with known clear the central compartment if there is gross adenopathy metastatic disease. This article attempts to review the literature on surgery of lymph nodes in papillary thyroid cancer. J. Surg. Oncol. 2009:99:186-188. (C) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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