Background: Surgical extent in the management of well-differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC)
remains a recurrent subject of debate. This is especially relevant in low-risk DTC of 1–4 cm …

Background The extent of thyroid surgery remains controversial for differentiated thyroid
cancers (DTCs) that measure more than 1 cm but are not considered high risk. This study …

Background Evidence for limiting the extent of surgery in patients with low-risk thyroid
cancer is lacking. Methods A systematic search was performed according to the PRISMA …

Background: The extent of thyroidectomy for low-risk well-differentiated thyroid cancer
(WDTC) remains controversial. Historically, total thyroidectomy (TT) has been recommended …

Thyroid cancer incidence is on the rise; however, fortunately, the death rate is stable. Most
persons with well-differentiated thyroid cancer have a low risk of recurrence at the time of …

Implementing high-quality randomized controlled trials is difficult for patients with 1–4 cm
low-risk differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). Controversy exists regarding whether …

Background: The extent of surgery for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) remains a
controversial issue. Since a less aggressive approach is becoming more predominant, we …

Recently, the management of patients with low-risk differentiated non-medullary thyroid
cancer (DTC), including papillary and follicular thyroid carcinoma subtypes, has been …

Importance The recommended extent of surgery for well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma has
been modified considerably in the updated 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines …

Background At our institution, thyroid lobectomy is employed as a definitive operation for
unifocal intrathyroidal low risk cancers and thus completion thyroidectomy is rarely …