How Many Lymph Nodes Are Enough? Assessing the Adequacy of Lymph Node Yield for Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Robinson TJ, Thomas S, Dinan MA, Roman S, Sosa JA, Hyslop T. How Many Lymph Nodes Are Enough? Assessing the Adequacy of Lymph Node Yield for Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2016, 34: 3434-3439. PMID: 27528716, PMCID: PMC6366339, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.67.6437.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPapillary thyroid cancerOccult nodal diseaseLymph nodesThyroid cancerNodal diseaseTumor stageNumber of LNsProphylactic central neck dissectionAdjuvant radioactive iodineLymph node examinationIntermediate-risk diseaseNational Cancer DatabaseMore lymph nodesNode-positive diseasePathologic tumor stagePrimary tumor stageCentral neck dissectionLymph node yieldLN yieldAdult patientsLN evaluationNeck dissectionNodal positivityNode examinationOccult disease