It is estimated that there will be 23,600 new cases of thyroid cancer in the United States in
2004, and 1,460 thyroid cancer deaths (1). Papillary thyroid cancer accounts for …

Increasing use of imaging procedures such as ultrasonog-raphy of the neck is identifying a
large number of small thyroid nodules or “incidentalomas.” The first decision point facing the …

The incidence of thyroid cancer has increased worldwide. In the United States, thyroid
cancer incidence has tripled over the last 3 decades from 4.9 to 14.7 per 100,000 people in …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors that predict papillary
thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC)-related death in a large patient population to determine …

Papillary thyroid cancer is quite rare, representing nearly 1% of all human solid cancers.
However, in recent years it has attracted the attention of medical societies and the media …

Although the mortality rate associated with papillary microcarcinoma(PMC) of the thyroid
generally is very low, some patients present with bulky nodal metastasis or distant …

Background The clinical significance of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is debated,
and therefore the rise in incidence of PTMC creates management dilemmas. The following …

Context: Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is an indolent neoplasia, often
asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. Some PTMCs, however, exhibit a more …

Context: Most papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMCs;≤ 1 cm diameter) are indolent low-
risk tumors, but some cases behave more aggressively. Controversies have thus arisen over …

According to World Health Organization, Papillary thyroid microcarci-nomas (PTMCs) are
papillary thyroid cancers (PTCs) measuring 1 cm or less. The increase in incidence of PTMC …