Clinical analysis of cervical lymph node metastasis patterns and multivariate factors in differentiated thyroid carcinoma

In conclusion, there was no correlation between Hashimoto's thyroiditis and CLNM and LLNM. The present study revealed that patients with the characteristics of sex, age <35 years, tumor size >1 cm, multifocality and capsular invasion were associated with cervical LNM. The proportion of the number of central lymph node metastases to the total number of lymph nodes cleared during surgery is more than or equal to 50%, indicating a susceptibility to external cervical lymph node metastasis. The results of multivariate logistic analysis showed that male sex, multifocality, capsular invasion and CLNM were risk factors for LLNM, and age was a protective factor for LLNM in DTC.PMID:37664651 | PMC:PMC10472024 | DOI:10.3892/ol.2023.14018
Source: Oncology Letters - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Source Type: research