Staging for thyroid cancer generally follows the TNM staging system. This is made up of classifications about the tumor (T), the lymph nodes (N), and whether the cancer has metastasized (M).

Lymph node metastasis was uncommon among clinically node-negative PTC patients without evidence of nodal involvement on USG and CT.

When breast cancer metastasizes to regional lymph nodes, it most frequently goes to the sentinel ... The most common of these are benign thyroid diseases, such as hyperthyroisim due to Plummer’s ...

or multiple lymph nodes, none more than 5 cm in greatest dimension N2 Multiple regional lymph node metastasis in the true pelvis (hypogastric, obturator, external iliac or presacral lymph node ...

Neck ultrasonography is widely used for follow-up of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC ... pathological findings from dissected lymph nodes of 19 patients who underwent neck ...