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17th European Congress of Endocrinology

Symposia

Thyroid cancer: new development in diagnosis and treatment (<emphasis role="italic">Endorsed by the European Journal of Endocrinology</emphasis>)

ea0037s27.1 | Thyroid cancer: new development in diagnosis and treatment (<emphasis role="italic">Endorsed by the European Journal of Endocrinology</emphasis>) | ECE2015

Central neck dissection: an important step forward in the management of thyroid papillary cancer

Sitges-Serra Antonio

Endorsed by the European Journal of Endocrinology )-->Central neck dissection for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) was initially proposed by Scandinavian authors in the late 70’s on the following grounds: i) the common presence of obvious metastatic nodal disease in compartment VI; ii) compartment VI is the first step in lymph node dissemination of PTC; and iii) prevents cancer recurrence in the ce...