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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 7/2015

01-07-2015 | Letter to the Editor

Intraoperative Frozen Section for the Evaluation of Extrathyroidal Extension in Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Authors: Om Prakash Prajapati, A. K. Verma, M. Sabaretnam

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 7/2015

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We read with interest the article by Park Y M et al., “Intraoperative frozen section for the evaluation of extrathyroidal extension in papillary thyroid cancer” [1]. We congratulate the authors on their novel technique of using an already existing technique and bringing it from the bench to bedside for the betterment of treatment of papillary thyroid cancer. Extrathyroidal extension especially minimal ETE has been a matter of great debate among endocrine surgeons and endocrine pathologists, considering the definition and also the prognosis especially in small tumors [2]. …
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Park YM, Wang SG, Goh JY, Shin DH, Kim IJ, Lee BJ (2015) Intraoperative frozen section for the evaluation of extrathyroidal extension in papillary thyroid cancer. World J Surg 39:187–193. doi:10.​1007/​s00268-014-2795-5
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Nixon IJ, Ganly I, Patel S, Palmer FL, Whitcher MM, Tuttle RM, Shaha AR, Shah JP (2011) The impact of microscopic extrathyroid extension on outcome in patients with clinical T1 and T2 well-differentiated thyroid cancer. Surgery 150(6):1242–1249. doi:10.​1016/​j.​surg.​2011.​09.​007
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Metadata
Title
Intraoperative Frozen Section for the Evaluation of Extrathyroidal Extension in Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Authors
Om Prakash Prajapati
A. K. Verma
M. Sabaretnam
Publication date
01-07-2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 7/2015
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-014-2920-5

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