Extrathyroidal Extension is an Important Predictor of Regional Lymph Node Metastasis in Pediatric Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.
Conclusions: In pediatric patients with DTC, microETE is a strong predictor of LN metastasis when compared with tumor size. For patients who do not undergo prophylactic central neck LN dissection, the presence of microETE predicts an increased risk of postsurgical disease and should be included in future revisions of the American Thyroid Association pediatric risk stratification categories.
PMID: 31573414 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Thyroid Source Type: research
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