Surgery for thyroid cancer

Glenda G Callender; Tobias Carling; Emily Christison-Lagay; Robert Udelsman

doi:10.1016/j.ecl.2014.02.011

Surgery for thyroid cancer

Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2014 Jun;43(2):443-58. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2014.02.011.

Authors

Glenda G Callender¹, Tobias Carling¹, Emily Christison-Lagay², Robert Udelsman³

Affiliations

¹ Section of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
² Section of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Section of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, 330 Cedar Street, FMB 102, PO Box 208062, New Haven, CT 06520-8062, USA. Electronic address: robert.udelsman@yale.edu.

PMID: 24891171
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2014.02.011

Abstract

The incidence of thyroid cancer, particularly papillary thyroid cancer, is rising at an epidemic rate. The mainstay of treatment of most patients with thyroid cancer is surgery. Considerable controversy exists about the extent of thyroid surgery and lymph node resection in patients with thyroid cancer. Surgical experience in judgment and technique is required to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

Keywords: Central neck dissection; Modified radical neck dissection; Pediatric thyroid cancer; Thyroid cancer surgery.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Incidence
Lymph Node Excision
Thyroid Gland / surgery*
Thyroid Neoplasms / epidemiology
Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery*
Thyroidectomy*