The predictive value of a combined nomogram model integrating ultrasound and fine-needle aspiration cytology for large-number cervical lymph node metastases in clinically node-negative papillary thyroid carcinoma: a propensity score matching analysis
In cN0 PTC patients, large-number CLNMs are associated with several factors, including size, escape-like arrangement, nuclear elongation, nuclear outline, nucleolus, margin, and calcification. Clinicians should pay closer attention to patients with these risk factors. Further, the nomogram developed using these risk factors exhibited promising predictive performance for large-number CLNMs in PTC patients.
Authors
- Xiaomin Hu
- Xianjun Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1136-4040)
- Wei Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5694-8835)
- Jing Qin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8833-3165)
- Weihan Xiao
- Hongmei Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1744-0961)
- Xiaoling Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0943-5698)
- Zhou Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5003-5757)
- Di Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9915-2068)
- Fanding He
- Xiachuan Qin
Institutions
- North Sichuan Medical University (CN)
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Anhui Medical University (CN)
- Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College (CN)
- Anhui Provincial Hospital (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University (CN)
- Nanchong Central Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21037/qims-2024-2604
- Primary Topic
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00