Clinical members of the American Thyroid Association were surveyed in regard to their
diagnostic assessment, treatment, and long term assessment of differentiated papillary …

Background Contemporary guidelines for managing PTC advise an approach wherein
primary tumor and regional metastases (RM) are completely resected at first surgery and …

We performed a retrospective study of 859 patients with papillary thyroid cancer, who had
received their primary treatment at the Mayo Clinic during the period 1946 through 1970 …

Background. Multivariate analyses in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) have shown that
age, tumor size, local invasion and distant metastasis are independent predictive variables …

Background Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) frequently recurs to the lymph nodes, which
may not be fatal immediately but is a stressor for physicians and patients. Recurrence to the …

To document the presentation, findings, therapy, and postoperative course of lethal papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC), 56 fatal cases were studied in a retrospective case‐matched …

Long-term survival rate for papillary and follicular carcinoma is more than 90%, but this
varies considerably among subsets of patients. About 30% of patients, however, develop …

Recurrence of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) after optimized surgery requires a full
understanding of the disease, especially as it has changed in the last 15 years, what …

Background Intense postoperative monitoring has resulted in increasing detection of
patients with recurrent papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Our goals included quantifying …

Background The optimal extent of thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is
controversial. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of total thyroidectomy or partial …