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ArticleCancer management and research2020

Nomogram Including Elastography for Prediction of Contralateral Central Lymph Node Metastasis in Solitary Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Preoperatively.

Ning Li, Ju-Hua He, Chao Song, Li-Chun Yang, Hong-Jiang Zhang, Zhi-Hai Li

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Article in Cancer management and research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Ning LiDepartment of Ultrasound, Yunnan Kungang Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China.
Ju-Hua HeDepartment of Function Examination, Yunnan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China.
Chao SongDepartment of Radiology, Yunnan Kungang Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-3010-7629
Li-Chun YangDepartment of Ultrasound, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China.
Hong-Jiang ZhangDepartment of Ultrasound, Yunnan Kungang Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China.
Zhi-Hai LiDepartment of Ultrasound, Yunnan Kungang Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China.
Second People's Hospital of Yunnan Province · CNYunnan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

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Abstract

backgroundIt is controversial whether contralateral prophylactic central neck dissection (PCND) should be performed for patients with solitary and clinical lymph node negative (cN

objectiveThe aim of this study was to develop an improved nomogram including clinical features, ultrasound, and acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography for the prediction of contralateral central lymph node metastasis (CLNM) in patients with solitary and cN MATERIALS AND

methodsA total of 340 patients were retrospectively included as the training cohort and 170 patients as the external validation cohort. Patients were grouped according to the pathological results of contralateral CLNM. The association between the clinical characteristics, ultrasound, and ARFI elastography and the risk for contralateral CLNM were analyzed. A nomogram was established based on the result of multivariable logistic analysis to predict the risk of contralateral CLNM, which was assessed by internal and external validation.

resultsCLNM was found in 213 patients (41.8%), among whom 142 (27.8%) had ipsilateral CLNM and 95 (18.6%) had contralateral CLNM (including 68 (13.3%) with bilateral CLNM). Multivariable analysis revealed that patients with younger age, male gender, larger tumor size, closer distance from the capsule, microcalcification, and larger SWV

conclusionThe nomogram utilizing the features of ultrasound combined with ARFI elastography in preoperatively predicting the risk of contralateral CLNM in patients with solitary and cN

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acoustic radiation force impulsecentral lymph node metastasisnomogrampapillary thyroid carcinomaprophylactic central neck dissection

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