Surgeon volume and prognosis of patients with advanced papillary thyroid cancer and lateral nodal metastasis
ConclusionSurgeon volume is associated with structural recurrence, but not distant metastasis or cancer‐specific death in patients with N1b PTC. Surgeon volume is important in initial surgery for advanced PTC with extensive nodal metastasis in order to ensure curative outcome and reduce treatment‐related morbidity.
Source: British Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: H. I. Kim, T. H. Kim, J. ‐H. Choe, J.‐H. Kim, J. S. Kim, Y. N. Kim, H. Kim, S. W. Kim, J. H. Chung Tags: Original article Source Type: research
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