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 …

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

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

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 …

Background: Rapid increases in the incidence of thyroid carcinoma with stable mortality
rates from thyroid carcinoma have been reported from many countries, and these increases …

Background Prospective trials of active surveillance (AS) have shown low rates of
progression in low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC; T1aN0M0). However, the …

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) of low‐risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC)
was initiated at Kuma Hospital in 1993 and is gradually spreading worldwide. We assessed …

Background: Active surveillance has been introduced as a management option for low-risk
papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) due to its mostly indolent course. Methods: This …