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Timing and extension of lymphadenectomy in medullary thyroid carcinoma: A case series from a single institution

  • Polistena, Andrea
  • Sanguinetti, Alessandro
  • Lucchini, Roberta
  • Galasse, Sergio
  • Monacelli, Massimo
  • Avenia, Stefano
  • Boccolini, Andrea
  • Johnson, Louis Banka
  • AVENIA, Nicola
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Publication date
January 2017
Icon DOI
10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.04.026
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Language
English

Abstract

Medullary thyroid carcinoma is an aggressive tumor and presents with significant morbidity and mortality and a high rate of lymph node metastases. The combination of total thyroidectomy and cervical lymphadenectomy is the essential treatment for those patients presenting with cervical lymph node metastases

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