ea0037s27.1 | Thyroid cancer: new development in diagnosis and treatment (<emphasis role="italic">Endorsed by the European Journal of Endocrinology</emphasis>) | ECE2015
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 70s 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...