Association of Lymph Node Ratio With Overall Survival in Patients With Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Blaine D. Smith, Taofik Oyekunle, Samantha M. Thomas, Liana Puscas, Daniel J. Rocke
Abstract
Cervical lymph node metastasis is a common feature of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and is estimated to develop in 30% to 80% of patients with PTC. 1 The association of cervical nodal metastasis with overall survival is a subject of ongoing investigation. The lymph node ratio (LNR) is the ratio of diseasepositive nodes to total nodes harvested during a neck dissection. Our study investigates the association of LNR with overall survival in patients with PTC.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineLymph nodePapillary thyroid cancerOncologyThyroid cancerCancerInternal medicineThyroidLymphPathologyThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging