Background: Controversy continues regarding the optimal extent of primary thyroid resection
in most patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), who are at minimal risk of cause …

From a multivariate analysis of more than 14,200 patient-years' experience with papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC), we devised a prognostic scoring system based on patient age …

Background Multifocality in papillary thyroid carcinoma is common. The aim of this study is to
determine whether patients with multifocal disease, treated with lobectomy alone, have an …

Background: Current guidelines allow lobectomy as treatment for 1–4 cm papillary thyroid
carcinomas (PTCs), as previous studies reported no clear survival advantages for total …

Background: The extent of surgery for papillary thyroid cancers (PTC) remains controversial.
Consensus guidelines have recommended total thyroidectomy for PTC≥ 1 cm; however, no …

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 …

Background: The pathologic tumor-node-metastasis (pTNM) system is universally used to
define the extent of disease in human malignancies. This study evaluated the impact of …

Objective: To examine the association between the extent of surgery and overall survival in
a large contemporary cohort of patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Background …

We have analyzed data on a group of 269 patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma followed
on average for 12 years to determine (1) if a prognostic classification scheme can be used to …

Total (or near-total) thyroidectomy (TT) is considered by many as the most adequate
treatment for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). In patients who have undergone lobectomy …