title: Reply to: Response to "Breach of the thyroid capsule and lymph node capsule in node-positive papillary and medullary thyroid cancer: Different biology".
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, D-06097 Halle (Saale), Germany. Electronic address: AndreasMachens@aol.com.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Machens
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, D-06097 Halle (Saale), Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dralle
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Extranodal growth; Extrathyroidal extension; Lymph node metastases; Medullary thyroid carcinoma; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Primary tumor diameter