Lymph node metastasis in young and middle-aged papillary thyroid carcinoma patients: a SEER-based cohort study

Lymph node metastasis in young and middle-aged papillary thyroid carcinoma patients: a SEER-based cohort study

Abstract Background Lymph node metastasis (LNM) occurs frequently in young papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients, though the mortality rates are low. We aimed to analyze the relationship between age at diagnosis and LNM in PTC at a population level to elucidate the clinical behavior of PTC. Met...

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Main Authors: Yuanchao Liu, Yizeng Wang, Ke Zhao, Dongyang Li, Zuoyu Chen, Ruoyu Jiang, Xiaoning Wang, Xianghui He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Papillary thyroid carcinoma
Age at diagnosis
Tumor size
Lymph node metastasis
SEER database
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-020-6675-0

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