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

Introduction: Surgical treatment of thyroid cancer has become less aggressive but for many
patients, the threshold for performing total thyroidectomy (TT), as opposed to thyroid …

Background Controversies remain about the ideal risk-based surgical approach for
differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). Methods At a single tertiary care institution, 370 …

Background and Objective. An individualized risk‐based approach to the treatment of
thyroid cancer is being extensively discussed in the recent literature. However, controversies …

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

The majority of patients who present with well differentiated thyroid cancer will require
surgery, but decisions on the appropriate primary procedure will depend on information …

Simple Summary Total thyroidectomy used to be recommended for all thyroid cancers. We
now know that some thyroid cancers have a relatively low risk of recurrence. Today, for …

Introduction: Recent guidelines of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) suggest that a
lobectomy may be sufficient to treat low-to intermediate-risk patients with thyroid tumors≤ 40 …

Lobectomy is increasingly performed for low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and
papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). However, there is a continuous controversy about …