… I doubt that this strict criterion must be rigidly met to adequately manage patients with typical
… numbers of patients with follicular thyroid carcinoma or Hürthle cell carcinoma. Findings …

… management Total thyroidectomy is the preferred initial surgical procedure for most patients
with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (… are seen in both thyroid lobes in 60–85% of patients; …

… Total or near total thyroidectomy shouldbe considered for all patients with thyroid
carcinoma except for single occult carcinomas and unilateral low grade angio-invasive …

… patients who have thyroid carcinoma. Although the primary treatment for thyroid cancer is
surgery, postsurgical management … of incidental small thyroid carcinomas in the thyroidectomy …

… The only established environmental risk factor for thyroid carcinoma is exposure to ionizing
radiation, and the risk, particularly of papillary carcinoma, is greater in subjects of younger …

… Well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma is associated with good disease-specific outcome
in the majority of patients. The most important prognostic factors are age and sex. In addition, …

… Thyroid carcinoma has a unique biologic behavior characterized by early spread to regional
… in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) and medullary thyroid carcinoma (…

… In contrast, the standardized mortality of patients with thyroid carcinoma has remained … 100
000 patients per year (2). The good prognosis of well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma is also …

… or at the time of surgical intervention for presumed benign thyroid disease. In patients
with a family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) or multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) …

… being used for patients with a solitary thyroid nodule and what … thyroid malignancy, papillary
thyroid carcinoma, is diagnosed, 2) current practices for the treatment of papillary thyroid …