THE CONTROVERSY Despite nearly exhaustive debate over the last several decades, the
ideal extent of surgery for low-risk, small, intrathyroidal, well-differentiated papillary thyroid …

1) Department of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, Kobe 650-0011, Japan 2) Department of Internal
Medicine, Kuma Hospital, Kobe 650-0011, Japan abstract. It is well-known that papillary …

Extent of thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid carcinoma is still matter of debate. Indeed,
recently, international guidelines endorsed thyroid lobectomy as initial surgical approach for …

Opinion statement The incidence of epithelial derived thyroid cancer (papillary thyroid
cancer [PTC] and follicular thyroid cancer, known collectively as differentiated thyroid …

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) accounts for over 90% of all thyroid cancers in Japan. The
majority of patients with PTC are categorized into a low-risk group according to the recent …

Purpose: To evaluate the role of radioiodine and external radiotherapy treatment in papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Methods and Materials: This is a retrospective study of 842 …

Background Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) comprises the commonest type of thyroid cancer
and carries the highest rate of survival. However, when metastatic disease occurs, survival is …

Objective To compare the 20-year cost-effectiveness of initial hemithyroidectomy vs total
thyroidectomy in the management of small papillary thyroid cancer in the low-risk patient …

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 …

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 …