Yu Xiao1, Peng Zhou2, Yizi Zheng1, Chang Zheng1, Guowen Liu1, Weixiang Liu3,*
Oncologie, Vol.23, No.2, pp. 219-228, 2021, DOI:10.32604/Oncologie.2021.016480
- 22 June 2021
Abstract The elevation for lateral lymph node metastasis (LLNM) plays an important role in therapeutic decision-making for thyroid carcinoma. A reliable forecasting model for LLNM in patients with papillary thyroid micro-carcinoma (PTMC) is needed, using clinicopathological characteristics. A total of 576 PTMC patients with suspicious lateral cervical lymph node (II, III, IV or V region) metastasis and known clinicopathological variables were randomly collected at Shenzhen Second People’s Hospital. Cervical lymph node status of every patient was assessed by ultrasonography (US). The patients in this cohort study underwent thyroidectomy and lateral neck lymph node dissection. Univariate analysis… More >
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