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ArticleCancer management and research2018

Model of lymph node metastasis posterior to the right recurrent laryngeal nerve in papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Yi Luo, Xiao-Cheng Xu, Jie Shen, Jing-Jing Shi, Si Lu, Wei He, Jian-Yong Lei, Ding-Cun Luo

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Article in Cancer management and research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Yi LuoWest China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Xiao-Cheng XuDepartment of Surgery of Thyroid and Breast, Wujiang District of Suzhou First People's Hospital, Suzhou, China.
Jie ShenClinical Medical College, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jing-Jing ShiDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Hangzhou, China, ldc65@163.com.
Si LuClinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Wei HeDepartment of Oncology, Taixing People's Hospital, Taixing, China.
Jian-Yong LeiDepartment of Thyroid Surgery, West China hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Ding-Cun LuoDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Hangzhou, China, ldc65@163.com.
Hangzhou First People's Hospital · CNSichuan University · CNNanjing Medical University · CNTaixing People's Hospital · CNThe Fifth People’s Hospital of Suzhou · CNZhejiang Chinese Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCervical lymph node metastasis (LNM) is a prognostic factor of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). The way to deal with lymph node posterior to the right recurrent laryngeal nerve (LN-prRLN) is controversial. Nevertheless, if metastatic lymph nodes are not removed during the first operation, the subsequent salvage surgery of recurrent tumor in this area would entail high risk and complication. The purpose of this study was to develop a preoperative prediction model for LN-prRLN metastasis in PTC patients using clinicopathological characteristics. PATIENTS AND

methodsWe performed a prospective study of 595 patients with PTC who underwent LN-prRLN dissection from March 2014 to June 2017. The clinicopathological data were randomly divided into derivation (n=476) and validation sets (n=119). A predictive model was initially established based upon the data of the derivation set via multivariate analyses, and the accuracy of the model was then examined with data of the validation set. The discriminative power of this model was assessed in both sets.

resultsMetastases of the LN-prRLN were identified in 102 (17.14%) of 595 patients. Age (odds ratio [OR] 0.971, 95% CI, 0.949-0.994,

conclusionWe developed and validated the first model to predict LN-prRLN metastases in patients with PTC based on clinicopathological parameters.

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lymph node posterior to right recurrent laryngeal nervemetastasismodelneck dissectionpapillary thyroid carcinomarisk factors

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