Thirty years of active surveillance for low-risk thyroid cancer, lessons learned and future directions

A Smulever, F Pitoia - Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, 2024 - Springer
… Based on the available data, the cost-effectiveness of molecular markers in low-risk thyroid
tumors remains a subject of controversy, likely to be an intriguing topic for future research. …

Association of patient age with progression of low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma under active surveillance: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Koshkina, R Fazelzad, I Sugitani… - … –Head & Neck …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
… This study suggests that older age may be associated with a reduced risk of primary papillary
thyroid carcinoma tumor growth under active surveillance. Incident metastatic disease is …

Surgical management of low-/intermediate-risk node negative thyroid cancer: A single-institution study using propensity matching analysis to compare thyroid …

D Matsuura, A Yuan, V Harris, AR Shaha, RM Tuttle… - Thyroid, 2022 - liebertpub.com
… The approach to surgical management of such low-risk patients within our … controversy
about the most appropriate surgical treatment for low-/intermediate-risk T1T2N0/Nx thyroid cancer

[HTML][HTML] The active surveillance management approach for patients with low risk papillary thyroid microcarcinomas: is China ready?

W Liu, X Yan, R Cheng - Cancer biology & medicine, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… However, some investigators have suggested that for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC),
there is an … as an alternative to immediate surgery, which has been controversial 10 . Chinese …

Is lifelong follow-up necessary for low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma? Case series and a review of the literature

AB Bahçecioğlu, MF Erdoğan - Journal of Cancer Research and …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
… However, this issue will remain controversial. Our cases were asymptomatic and the
metastatic lymph node was found incidentally in the third case. The patients may continue to live …

Thyrotropin suppression for papillary thyroid cancer: a physician survey study

M Papaleontiou, DW Chen, M Banerjee… - Thyroid, 2021 - liebertpub.com
… in low-risk and very low-risk papillary thyroid cancer patients (ie, … very low-risk papillary
thyroid cancer (OR = 2.34 [CI 1.91–4.59]). … with low-risk thyroid cancer continue to be treated with …

Management of Small Papillary Thyroid Cancers

TD Fields, HJ Underwood, SC Pitt - Surgical Clinics, 2024 - surgical.theclinics.com
… , very low-risk and low-risk papillary thyroid cancers can be managed with either thyroid
surgery or active surveillance continues to be controversial among experts. Recently, the …

Real-world performance of the American Thyroid Association risk estimates in predicting 1-year differentiated thyroid cancer outcomes: a prospective multicenter study …

G Grani, MC Zatelli, M Alfò, T Montesano, M Torlontano… - Thyroid, 2021 - liebertpub.com
… The aim is to avoid subjecting low-risk patients to unnecessary diagnostic procedures and
thyroid cancer. Cases are inputted in the database at the time of the initial treatment in the …

Long-term outcomes of active surveillance and immediate surgery for adult patients with low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: 30-year experience

A Miyauchi, Y Ito, M Fujishima, A Miya, N Onoda… - Thyroid, 2023 - liebertpub.com
… None of the patients in this study died of thyroid carcinoma. … initial management option for
patients with low-risk PTMC. … such as cancer anxiety, the results have been controversial. Many …

Association between radioactive iodine treatment for pediatric and young adulthood differentiated thyroid cancer and risk of second primary malignancies

E Pasqual, S Schonfeld, LM Morton… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - ascopubs.org
… Association guidelines committee issued recommendations against RAI therapy for low-risk
discouragement of RAI treatment for low-risk DTCs, and the subject remains controversial. …