Publications by authors named "Ayca Dilsad Caglayan"
Article Synopsis
- Lymph node metastasis (LNM) is crucial for determining the prognosis in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), and the study focuses on how certain clinical and pathological factors influence LNM in patients.
- Among 150 patients analyzed after thyroid surgery, the majority had papillary thyroid carcinoma, with key findings indicating that larger tumors (greater than 11.5 mm) and extrathyroidal extension (ETE) were strongly associated with a higher likelihood of LNM.
- The study concludes that features like ETE, lymphovascular invasion (LVI), positive surgical margins, and tumor size are significant indicators of LNM, highlighting the need for careful monitoring of patients who may have undetected metastases before surgery.
