Abstract:Background Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common pathological type of thyroid carcinoma. We aim to evaluate the association of sonographic features of PTC and cervical lymph node metastasis (CLNM) at the initial surgery.Methods Clinical information, ultrasonographic measurements and features for 1335 patients were acquired in data collection. Univariate analysis was performed to test CLNM by 7 independent variables. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was created to evaluate the diagno… Show more
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