… When compared to immediate surgery, thermal ablation appears to have lower complication
rates with similar short-term rates of recurrence. Proper patient selection is facilitated by the …

… thyroid cancer are small indolent microcarcinoma and could be good candidates for active
surveillance (AS) instead of immediate surgery. … for AS of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (…

… Association guidelines recognize active surveillance as an alternative to immediate
surgery in patients with papillary microcarcinomas (PMCs). As a way to incorporate active …

… [1–3] have followed a cohort of 346 papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTM) patients, on
whom they did not perform immediate surgery at diagnosis. After 5 years of observation [3], only …

… after initial surgery in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (… (80%) and had classical
papillary thyroid cancer (86%). The mean … to immediate surgery in properly selected patients. …

… microcarcinoma in elderly patients is an acceptable alternative to immediate surgery. Total
thyroidectomy versus hemithyroidectomy for low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has …

… of recommending immediate or late surgical treatment for all patients with suspicious thyroid
… Four patients had a history of thyroid cancer, and 12 had had prior irradiation of the head or …

… Additionally, the ATA guidelines endorse active surveillance (AS) as a suitable alternative
management strategy to immediate surgery in selected patients with LR-PTC; however, they …

… However, these patients refused immediate surgery and preferred active surveillance.
Supplementary Table S1 and Supplementary Figure S1 (Supplementary Data are available online …

… , papillary thyroid carcinoma patients managed from 1986 to 2015 with lobectomy alone
were identified from an institutional database. Papillary thyroid carcinoma … An immediate …