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ea0049ep1481 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2017

Lymph node categorization as a prognostic factor in a historical series of medullary thyroid cancer cases within a regional hospital

Moreno Nerea Aguirre , Gonzalez Elena Fernandez , Mena Sandra Campos , Azpiroz Monica Marazuela , Vargas Marcos Lahera

Introduction: Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) TNM classification categorizes lymph nodes (LN) according to their location, but does not consider number and size of LN.Objective: To analyze the relationship between number and size of LN in MCT persistent disease (PD).Material and methods: Retrospective study of patients with MTC followed up in a regional hospital from 1985 to 2015. The main variables (expressed as qualitative in freq...