Clinical and imaging characteristics, tnm staging of patients with cervical lymph node metastases in papillary thyroid cancer at Can Tho oncology hospital

Thyroid carcinomas are the most common endocrine malignancies. The cervical lymph node metastasis rate in patients with PTC ranges from 30-80% and there is a significant difference in survival at 14 years for those with and without lymph node metastases. Therefore, the early detection of metastatic cervical lymph nodes plays an essential role in deciding upon the optimal surgical treatment plan for the majority of patients, which will allow careful postoperative screening, adjuvant therapies, and minimizes the chance of disease recurrence, so we conducted this study.