Pattern of neck recurrence after lateral neck dissection for cervical metastases in papillary thyroid cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of this study was to determine the rate and pattern of nodal recurrence in patients who underwent a therapeutic, lateral neck dissection (LND) for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) with clinically evident cervical metastases and to determine if there was any correlation between the extent of initial dissection and the rate and pattern of neck recurrence.

Methods

A total of 3,664 patients with PTC treated between 1986 and 2010 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center were identified from our institutional database. Tumor factors, patient demographics, extent of initial LND, and adjuvant therapy were recorded. Patterns of recurrent lateral neck metastases by level involvement were recorded and outcomes calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method.

Results

SUBMITTER: McNamara WF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5138026 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature