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| Thyroid Cancer Staging |
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| Ja Young Kim, MD Soo Jin Kim, MD, Eun-Kyung Kim, MD, Jin Young Kwak, MD |
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| Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine |
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| The current prevalence of thyroid cancer in women is high. Likewise, other cancers
and thyroid cancer have been based on the TNM classification system. Staging of thyroid
cancer has an important role in determining the extent of surgical excision and
lymph node dissection, planning the adjuvant therapy after surgery and predicting the
recurrence rate and the prognosis of patients. Ultrasonography is the basic imaging
modality to identify the tumor size and the extent of lymph node metastasis. More
recently, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission
tomography provide additional help for the staging of thyroid cancer. So, this article
describes the 7th edition of the TNM staging of thyroid cancer, as proposed by the
American Joint Committee on Cancer, and the details of radiologic evaluation of the T,
N and M stages. |
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| Keyword : Thyroid cancer; TNM staging; Ultrasonography |
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Journal of Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine 2011 ; 30 (2) : p.113-122
