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Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2019, (20) Core

Current domestic status of preoperative ultrasonography for evaluating central lymph node metastasis from papillary thyroid carcinomaChinese Full Text

Weichao Chen;Fan Yao;Ankui Yang;Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Center of Sun Yat-Sen University, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China;

Abstract: Objective: To investigate the current status and diagnostic efficacy of preoperative ultrasonography（US） in detecting central lymph node metastasis（CLNM） from papillary thyroid carcinoma（PTC）. Methods: Data of preoperative US findings and surgical pathology of PTC patients were collected from 13 Grade-A tertiary hospitals, and a retrospective analysis of preoperative US assessment for CLNM was conducted. The patients were divided into the metastasis and non-metastasis groups according to postope... More
Keywords：

papillary thyroid carcinoma（PTC）; central lymph node metastasis; preoperative ultrasonography; prophylactic central neck dissection;

  • Series：

    (E) Medicine ＆ Public Health

  • Subject：

    Oncology

  • Classification Code：

    R736.1

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