… as a recurrence and if most reoperations are truly for management of persistence disease.
While we recognize that recurrence is a major problem for patients with thyroid cancer, we …

… Tumour size distribution according to probability of persistence, recurrence and papillary
thyroid cancer (PTC)-free outcomes. The probability of PTC relapse (persistence or recurrence) …

… The enhanced ability to detect and localize small amounts of persistent and/or recurrent
thyroid cancer using serum Tg measurement and modern imaging modalities changed …

… 1.5 cm or smaller will have persistent or recurrent disease, whereas the combination of total
… are low, tumor recurrence rates are high and may portend death from thyroid cancer.” (22). …

… We know that if you do neck dissections on everybody with papillary thyroid cancer, you will
… on thyroid cancer presented in terms of risk group. Low-risk patients with thyroid cancer are …

… intervention for locoregional recurrence can indeed achieve … intervention for recurrent/persistent
papillary thyroid carcinoma. The … ) predicted clinical recurrence over the ensuing 5 yr (5). …

… of surgical management of persistent/recurrent PTC in a group of … efficacious treatment for
persistent/recurrent thyroid cancer. … resections for persistent/recurrent papillary thyroid cancer. …

… of recurrent disease. As our follow-up tests become more sensitive for detection of recurrent
disease, we are finding many asymptomatic patients who have low-level persistent disease …

… at the time of diagnosis of recurrence: 48.59 ± 14.79 years; 106 papillary thyroid cancers
and one follicular thyroid cancer; total number of thyroid cancer operations 2.44 ± 0.74, range 2…

… between persistent and recurrent disease … recurrent/persistent disease (evaluated together)
and cancer-specific survival rates for the two groups of patients with early or late recurrence (…