Association of Lymph Node Ratio With Overall Survival in Patients With Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Cancer

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Oct 1;146(10):962-964. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2020.2053.

Authors

Blaine D Smith¹, Taofik O Oyekunle², Samantha M Thomas², Liana Puscas¹, Daniel J Rocke¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
² Duke Cancer Institute Biostatistics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Abstract

This cohort study examines the association of the lymph node ratio with overall survival in patients with papillary thyroid cancer.

MeSH terms

Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lymph Nodes / pathology*
Lymphatic Metastasis
Male
Middle Aged
North Carolina / epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Survival Rate / trends
Thyroid Cancer, Papillary / diagnosis
Thyroid Cancer, Papillary / mortality
Thyroid Cancer, Papillary / secondary*
Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Thyroid Neoplasms / mortality