Treatment strategies for unilateral papillary thyroid carcinoma with ipsilateral cervical lymph node metastasis: a narrative review
Yi Yang, Yuhan Jiang, Tianyuchen Jiang, Hanyun Tu, Anping Su · 2026
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Yi Yang and co-authors review care for a thyroid cancer spread pattern in a 2026 paper. The cancer sits on one side of the thyroid and has spread to lymph nodes on the same side of the neck. That pattern carries a fair to high risk of the cancer coming back. Standard guidance has long favored removing the whole gland.
New real world proof has stirred debate on how much surgery is enough. For well picked patients, removing one lobe matched full removal on cancer outcomes with fewer harms. Aggressive tumor traits and a pair of gene changes flagged higher return risk. The review urges care plans tuned to each patient's risk, not routine set paths.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yi Yang, Yuhan Jiang, Tianyuchen Jiang, Hanyun Tu, Anping Su |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |