Predictive Factors of Superior Mediastinal Nodal Metastasis from Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma--A Prospective Observational Study.

OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the incidence rates and predictive factors of superior mediastinal lymph node (SMLN) metastasis in PTC (papillary thyroid carcinoma) patients. METHODS:A prospective observational study was performed between January 2009 and January 2011. PTC pa...

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Main Authors: Joo Hyun Woo, Ki Nam Park, Jae Yong Lee, Seung Won Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4744001?pdf=render