… Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is defined as a papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) that
… current American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system, differentiated thyroid …

… and universal terminology and an in-depth knowledge of the biological characters and
the behavior of PTMC is expected to diminish the percentage of patients who are over-treated …

… risk cases (young patients with low risk papillary thyroid cancers) rarely if ever die of disease.
… low risk WDTC and are being over treated. The ability to demonstrate micrometastases in …

… Extensive implementation of cancer screening and … tumors, without any beneficial impact
on survival. An indolent nature of low-risk PTC, particularly papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (…

… When and how these patients with small thyroid carcinoma should be treated is so an
important and unresolved question. It is generally agreed that PMC should not be over treated (7,8…

… The incidence of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) has almost doubled over the last three
decades mainly due to the higher incidence of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (MPTC) [1,2]. In …

… PTCs have been overdiagnosed and overtreated (1–3). … versus asymptomatic papillary thyroid
microcarcinoma: a … in patients with papillary thyroid cancer. World J Surg 29:483–485. 13. …

… papillary thyroid microcarcinoma … to assess thyroid cancer specific survival of untreated,
papillary thyroid … of papillary thyroid cancer; 45,136 thyroid cancer patients received surgery and …

… The incidence of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) tripled, largely due to an increase in the
incidence of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (… Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: an over-treated …

… Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (mPTC) is defined as a small papillary thyroid tumor …
well established prognostic factors of thyroid cancer and mPTCs include a wide spectrum of …