… papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) justify the preference for active surveillance (AS) over
immediate surgery … Japan began AS in the 1990s as an alternative surgical option for PTMC and …

… , immediate surgery or … thyroid cancer, the results of the thyroid cancer screening study
by Dr. Takebe, the prevalence of clinical thyroid cancer and good prognosis of small papillary …

… papillary microcarcinomas of the thyroid measuring 1 cm or less (PMC). The marked difference
in prevalence between clinical thyroid carcinoma … as the immediate surgical treatment …

… surgical therapy of Graves' disease because of a suspicion of a malignancy or in whom thyroid
carcinoma was found incidentally at surgery… simplicity and has immediate impact on plans …

… We report on a locally advanced papillary thyroid carcinoma, … man who underwent surgery
after preoperative chemotherapy … procedure; however, the patient refused immediate surgery …

… LDEllenhorn JD Survival in patients with papillary thyroid cancer is not affected by the use
of radioactive … MS Value of external irradiation for locally advanced papillary thyroid cancer. …

… Papillary microcarcinoma (PMC) of the thyroid is defined as papillary thyroid carcinoma (…
be kept under observation without immediate surgery, and that a rescue surgery conducted after …

… to immediate surgery. The … of thyroid carcinomas has continued to increase worldwide. The
histopathological type of increased thyroid carcinoma was mostly papillary thyroid carcinoma …

… information regarding the option of nonsurgical observation rather than immediate surgery.
This information includes: (1) varieties of thyroid cancer and prognosis of PTC; (2) incidence …

… delay; however, the reason for delay or for more urgent surgery may affect mortality, such
as serious comorbidities, access to timely healthcare, differences in practice patterns, and …