Open AccessValue of Combining Clinical Factors, Conventional Ultrasound, and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Features in Preoperative Prediction of Central Lymph Node Metastases of Different Sized Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas
Author(s) -
Yanfang Wang,
Fang Nie,
Guojuan Wang,
Ting Liu,
Tiantian Dong,
Yamin Sun
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s299157
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasound , lymph node , radiology , contrast enhanced ultrasound , contrast (vision) , thyroid carcinoma , lymph node metastasis , value (mathematics) , thyroid , pathology , metastasis , cancer , computer science , artificial intelligence , machine learning
Early and accurate preoperative diagnosis of central lymph node metastasis (CLNM) is crucial to improve surgical management of patients with clinical lymph node-negative papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Towards improving diagnosis of CLNM, we assessed the value of combining preoperative clinical characteristics, conventional ultrasound, and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in preoperative prediction of CLNM of different sized PTCs.