Sheng L, Shi J, Han B, et al. - Researchers assessed risk factors predictive of cervical lymph node metastasis in conventional papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMCs). According to the positivity of cervical lymph node (CLN), they grouped and analyzed conventional PTMC patients (n = 2,404) undergoing surgery between 2010 and 2017. Male, younger age, tumor size, extrathyroidal extension, multifocality, and intrathyroidal spreading were predictive factors of increased CLN metastasis in PTMCs. The presence of CLN metastasis was found to be independently linked to lateral lymph node metastasis among patients with suspicious lateral lymphadenopathy.