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How the preoperative ultrasound examination and BFI of the cervical lymph nodes modify the therapeutic treatment in patients with papillary thyroid cancer

BACKGROUND: Ultrasound is considered the best diagnostic method for the detection of metastatic cervical lymph nodes (LNs) in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). According to current guidelines, all patients undergoing thyroidectomy for malignancy should undergo preoperative neck ultras...

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Autores principales: Napolitano, Giuseppina, Romeo, Antonio, Vallone, Gianfranco, Rossi, Michele, Cagini, Luca, Antinolfi, Gabriele, Vitale, Mario, Brunese, Luca, Genovese, Eugenio Annibale
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3851007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24267705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-13-S2-S52