Journal article
Predictive value of metastatic cervical lymph node ratio in papillary thyroid carcinoma recurrence
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the proportion of metastatic cervical lymph nodes resected (metastatic lymph node ratio [MLNR]) predicted papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) recurrence, and whether MLNR could alter the predictive ability of TNM nodal classification for recurrence in PTC.
METHODS: We conducted a retrospective review of patients with PTC who underwent a total or near-total thyroidectomy with at least …
Authors
Yip J; Orlov S; Orlov D; Vaisman A; Hernández KG; Etarsky D; Kak I; Parvinnejad N; Freeman JL; Walfish PG
Journal
Head & Neck, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 592–598
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
April 2013
DOI
10.1002/hed.23047
ISSN
1043-3074