title: Lymphoscintigraphy in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.
abstract: There is considerable variability in the surgical approach to differentiated thyroid cancer regarding the decision to explore and remove central or central and lateral compartment lymph nodes. Much as sentinel lymph node sampling has improved the decision to remove axillary nodes for breast cancer, vital dye and lymphoscintigraphy with lymph node sampling may direct the surgical approach to differentiated thyroid cancer.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Surgery, University of Padova, Padova, Italy †Médecine Nucléaire-Groupement Hospitalier Est, Bron, France; ‡Department of Nuclear Medicine, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy; and §Department of Radiology, University of Southern California, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
authors.forename: Isabella Merante
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Boschin
authors.forename: Maria Rosa
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pelizzo
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giammarile
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rubello
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Colletti
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D061305:Lymphoscintigraphy / Q000379:methods*; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery