Background: The question of how to manage patients with low-risk papillary thyroid
microcarcinoma (PTMC; T1aN0M0) has recently become an important clinical issue. Two …

Background: Two Japanese prospective trials of active surveillance (AS) for adult patients
with low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC)≤ 1 cm (cT1aN0M0 PTMC) have verified the …

Background: It has been 30 years since the initiation of active surveillance (AS) for adult
patients with low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). This study compared the …

The incidence of thyroid carcinoma has been increasing worldwide. This is interpreted as an
increase in the incidental detection of papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMCs). However …

Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PMC) is defined as papillary thyroid carcinoma≤ 10 mm.
Active surveillance of PMC without high-risk features, such as clinical node metastasis …

The acceptance and results of active surveillance in patients with low-risk papillary thyroid
microcarcinomas (PTMC) are unknown in populations other than the Japanese population …

Papillary microcarcinoma (PMC) of the thyroid is defined as papillary thyroid carcinoma
(PTC) measuring≤ 1 cm. Many autopsy studies on subjects who died of non-thyroidal …

Background: Active surveillance (AS) is an alternative to thyroidectomy for the management
of low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). However, prospective AS data …

Background: Active surveillance (AS) of low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PMC)
was adopted as a management modality in both the Japanese guidelines in 2011 and the …

The incidence of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has increased over recent decades. This
apparent epidemic has been attributed to the overdiagnosis of small PTC≤ 10 mm in …