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

Active Surveillance is a non-invasive strategy designed to identify a minority of patients with
low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma who might experience clinical progression and benefit …

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 …

Objective: To investigate surgical, and clinical outcomes in patients with low-risk papillary
thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) according to treatment options [immediate operation (IOP) …

In the last decades, the incidence of thyroid cancer (TC) has more than doubled, but the
disease-specific mortality rate was stable. To date, 30–40% of all TC is represented by …

Background: The most frequent site of recurrence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is
cervical lymph nodes (LNs), which often necessitates repeated surgical interventions and …

Background An ongoing debate exists over the optimal management of low-risk papillary
thyroid cancer. The American Thyroid Association supports the concept of active …

The detection of low-risk thyroid carcinoma has increased in recent decades, although
disease-specific mortality remained without changes. The high prevalence of occult …

In 1993, active surveillance of low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMCs) started in
Kuma Hospital, Kobe, Japan. It has spread globally after the publishing of American Thyroid …

Importance Small papillary thyroid cancers are the most common type of thyroid cancer, with
the incidence increasing across the world. Active surveillance of appropriate cancers has …