Despite their specific functional consequences, radiotherapy-induced thyroid abnormalities
remain under-estimated and underreported. These sequelae may include primary or central …

The aim of curative surgical oncology is to remove the primary tumour with a wide margin of
normal tissue. What constitutes a sufficiently wide margin particularly in oral cancer is …

Purpose Thyroid cancer has a higher incidence in women than in men, and it has been
hypothesized that hormonal factors may explain such disparity. We performed a meta …

Purpose: To evaluate the incidence of thyroid disorders and dose distribution to the thyroid
in patients treated with radiotherapy for head-and-neck carcinomas. Methods and Materials …

Hypocalcemia is a major post-operative complication of total thyroidectomy, causing severe
symptoms and increasing hospitalization time. The primary cause is secondary hypo …

Prophylactic central neck dissection in papillary thyroid cancer is controversial. In this
retrospective cohort study, the aim was to assess possible advantages of prophylactic …

Some medical definitions remain the same for many years, others change due to the
progress in the diagnostic tools, which are able to distinguish markers and symptoms until …

Plasma estradiol (E2) and progesterone vary markedly through the menstrual cycle. Data on
whether these differences in hormone levels affect gene expression in oestrogen receptor …

Thyroid cancer, the most common endocrine malignancy, is often detected in young female
patients. Therefore, pregnancy following thyroid cancer is not infrequent, and about 10% of …

Differentiated thyroid cancers may be associated with regional lymph node metastases in 20-
50% of cases. The central compartment (VIupper VII levels) is considered to be the first …