Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, 16 (18), 8425-8430
IntroductionPapillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid cancer accounting for about 80% of all thyroid cancers, and is the fifth leading malignancy in females (Cisco et al., 2012;Siegel et al., 2013).Given the high rate of subclinical nodal metastases in PTC, many centers, have moved to routine prophylactic central nodal dissection (pCND) at the time of total thyroidectomy (TT) for all patients with PTC, pCND allows for more accurate assessment of nodal status, decreases the rate of local recurrence, reduces morbidity from reoperation if required, and may guide the dose of ablative postoperative radioiodine given (Mazzaferri EL Jhiang 1994;Scheumann et al., 1994;Hughes et al., 1996).Dralle (2012)
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