… thyroid cancer is rising with 49% of the increase because of papillary thyroid microcarcinomas
… ) criteria, PTMC is a focus of papillary thyroid cancer ≤1 cm diameter.2 Because physical …

… Thyroid microcarcinoma, defined as a thyroid tumor measuring 1 cm or less, is an extremely
indolent tumor. … the fact that papillary microcarcinoma is indeed a form of thyroid cancer. …

… Mortality in thyroid cancer was low, unless thyroid microcarcinoma with distant metastases
was present at the time of diagnosis. Several issues need to be resolved before data from …

… How should this study influence the surgical treatment of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma?
Is surgical tumor resection required at all? It has been suggested that papillary …

… occurring differentiated thyroid cancer in many countries is a microcarcinoma in patients …
of their low morbidity and mortality, the crucial point is how to manage such microcarcinomas. …

… thyroid microcarcinoma with total tumor diameter (TTD) > 1 cm had more aggressive
clinicopathologic features than unifocal papillary thyroid microcarcinoma… multifocal …

… small thyroid tumors, measuring less than 10 mm in maximum diameter, despite being clinically
“occult”.[7], [34] The term “papillary thyroid microcarcinoma” (… “occult” thyroid cancer (see …

… Overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer has led to overtreatment (26), with many … thyroid cancer,
our study highlights the different pathways to cancer diagnosis for thyroid microcarcinomas …

… However, the low incidence of recurrence in this study … is a tumor associated with a good
prognosis. Multifocality should be the main factor to consider in selecting the type of thyroid …

… Lastly, even though SEER does capture DSS and, for most malignancies, is a good indicator
of the harm and morbidity of a cancer, for young thyroid cancer patients who rarely die of …