Background: The well recognized prognostic factors in differentiated carcinoma of the
thyroid are age, grade, extracapsular extension, distant metastasis, and size of the tumor …

Background. We have previously described prognostic factors in differentiated carcinoma of
this thyroid gland relating to age, size and extrathyroid extension of the tumor, histologic …

Background: Methods of assigning patients with papillary or follicular thyroid cancer (well-
differentiated thyroid cancer) to risk groups for the purpose of determining appropriate …

Background Surgical resection is the key to management of thyroid cancer, but determining
the optimal surgical procedure for individual cases has been controversial. Methods The …

The understanding of the prognostic factors and risk groups is crucial in the management of
well differentiated thyroid cancer. The important prognostic factors are age, grade of tumor …

Background and Objective. An individualized risk‐based approach to the treatment of
thyroid cancer is being extensively discussed in the recent literature. However, controversies …

Summary Background Data The extent of primary thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid
cancer is controversial. There are strong proponents for total thyroidectomy based on its …

There has been a long debate about the optimal surgical management of differentiated
thyroid cancer. It has focused on the extent of thyroidectomy, with recommendations ranging …

The rapid increase in the rate of papillary thyroid cancer is likely caused by improved
surveillance. A significant trend toward total thyroidectomy for low-risk differentiated thyroid …

The extent of surgery for thyroid cancer continues to be an area of controversy in endocrine
surgery. The options for treatment include thyroid lobectomy and isthmusectomy or a total …