title: Controversies about the central compartment in thyroid cancer. Editorial regarding the article "Clinical impact of cervical lymph node involvement and central neck dissection in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: a retrospective analysis of 368 cases" by Alexandre Bozec et al.
authors.affiliation: Head and Neck Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA. shahaa@mskcc.org.
authors.forename: Ashok R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Shaha
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000379:methods*; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*