A nomogram for risk stratification of central cervical lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether to perform prophylactic central lymph node dissection for cN0 papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients is still controversial. This retrospective study aimed to develop and validate a nomogram based on ultrasound and dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) for the risk stratification of central lymph node metastasis (CLNM) in patients with PTC.

Methods

A total of 525 patients from 2017 to 2019 [Tianjin First Central Hospital (Hospital A)] were retrospectively analyzed to form the training cohort and to conduct internal validation. Another group of 204 patients in 2020 (Hospital A) formed the temporal validation cohort. A total of 107 patients in 2020 [Binzhou Medical University Hospital (Hospital B)] formed the geographic validation cohort, which was a re

SUBMITTER: Zou Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11250316 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature