The 8th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)'s T-stage for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) removes minimal extrathyroidal extension (mETE), while ignoring the risk of mETE would lead to overtreatment or inadequate treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of location and size of mETE on lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC).
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Zhan et al. (2024) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: