Therapeutic lateral neck dissection in well-differentiated thyroid cancer: Analysis on factors predicting distribution of positive nodes and prognosis.

Davide LombardiAlberto PadernoDavide GiordanoDiego BarbieriStefano TaboniCesare PiazzaCarlo CappelliFrancesco BertagnaVerter BarbieriSimonetta PianaSalvatore BellafioreGiuseppe SprianoGiuseppe MercantePiero Nicolai

Published in: Head & neck (2017)

Neck dissection is a valid treatment option in the presence of neck metastasis from well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Levels IIa, III, IV, and Vb should always be removed.

Keyphrases

papillary thyroid
minimally invasive
radiation therapy
squamous cell
sentinel lymph node
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
lymph node metastasis
smoking cessation