Aim: For the surgical therapy of differentiated thyroid cancer precise guidelines are applied
by the German medical societies. In a retrospective multicenter study, we investigated the …

Background: Numerous studies have shown an increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer
(TC) in recent years. Objectives: In this paper, we reviewed the incidence of TC in a series of …

Abstract Purpose In 2004, a Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG)-based hospital
reimbursement system became mandatory in Germany. The aim of this study was to provide …

Background The extent of treatment for differentiated thyroid cancer remains controversial.
The objective of this study was to describe the variations in practice prior to diagnosis and …

Background: International best-practice guidelines recommend completion thyroidectomy
and radioiodine remnant ablation (RRA) for patients with differentiated thyroid cancer …

Dan Med J 2015; 62 (2): A5016 2 danish mEdical JOURnal Dan Med J 62/2 February 2015
and the Fisher's exact test to compare categorical variables. Student's t-test and the Kruskal …

Background The aim of this study was to provide an analysis of thyroid cancer‐related
health care costs over a 5‐year period, according to the extent of thyroid surgery. Methods …

Background The aim of this study is to describe the economic trends in adults who
underwent elective thyroidectomy. Methods We performed a population-based study …

Background Patients with low-risk-PTC who undergo thyroid lobectomy (TL) have
comparable disease-specific survival with lower morbidity than total thyroidectomy (TT). We …

Background Elderly patients may be less likely than younger patients to receive indicated
therapy. We hypothesized that older patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) would …