Biopsia selectiva del ganglio centinela en el carcinoma papilar de tiroides en pacientes sin evidencia preoperatoria de metástasis ganglionar

Selective sentinel lymph node biopsy changes the stage of more than 50% of patients from cN0 to pN1. This confirms the need for lymph node resection in T3 and T4 tumors, but reveals the presence of lymph node metastases in 40% of T1-T2 tumors.