Identifying risk factors of recurrence for clinically node negative papillary thyroid carcinoma with pathologic N1a
Abstract Background Whether or not to perform prophylactic central lymph node dissection (CLND) in the case of clinically node-negative papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is controversial. The purpose of this study was to investigate the risk factors for recurrence in clinically node-negative PTC patien...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-07-01
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Series: | BMC Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-019-0541-5 |