Although a higher NLR may imply a poorer tumor profile, it was not significantly associated with a worse DFS or higher risk of occult CNM in cN0 PTC. Perhaps, future research should focus on the prognostic value in other thyroid cancer types with a poorer prognosis.

Although RCND for persistent/recurrent PTC was performed with morbidity comparable to that seen with primary CND, it was associated with some serious complications. Short- and long-term disease control appeared moderate with approximately one-tenth of patients having an undetectable sTg level 6 months after ablation and one-third remaining clinically disease-free after 10 years.

Solid pseudopapillary tumor is a rare tumor of the pancreas. They are slow growing with low malignant potential. The prognosis is excellent after surgical resection. Here we report a case of solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas at the uncinate process. There are increasing interests about minimal access surgery for pancreatic lesion. However conventional laparoscopic Whipple's operation is technically difficult. With the benign characteristic of this tumor, as well as the advance in robotic surgery, robot assisted approach is an ideal alternative for this case. The operation was performed with a five-port approach with the use of da Vinci S Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA). The operative time was 420 min and operative blood loss was 100 ml. The post operative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged on post operative day 10. This case demonstrates the feasibility of robot assisted Whipple's operation, which has not been extensively reported in the literature.