Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0029p1791 | Thyroid cancer | ICEECE2012

Desmoplastic stromal reaction and extrathyroidal invasion predict lymph node involvement in sporadic macro medullary thyroid cancer

Berdelou A. , Aubert S. , Pattou F. , Pigny P. , Gnemmi V. , Carnaille B. , D'Herbomez M. , Wemeau J. , Do Cao C.

Background: Locoregional nodal metastases are the first step of tumor spread in MTC and have been shown to be a prognostic factor for survival. Neither palpation nor neck ultrasound can estimate nodal staging accurately.Aim: To identify predictive factors for LNI in MTC through a retrospective study on 142 consecutive patients operated in Lille University Hospital between 1995 and 2010.Methods: Analyses were carried on 54 patients ...