Objective Incidence of thyroid cancer varies widely, even across neighboring countries. Data
on this phenomenon are largely lacking but are likely related to differences in health care …

Importance Controversy exists around the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)
TNM staging system for medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). Because of the rarity of the disease …

Health-related quality of life (HrQoL) is a major concern for patients with differentiated
thyroid carcinoma (DTC). We aimed to systematically review the literature comparing HrQol …

Background Recent decades have seen a rise in the incidence of well-differentiated (mainly
papillary) thyroid carcinoma around the world. In Germany, the age-adjusted incidence of …

Abstract Background The 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines endorsed
lobectomy for patients with low-risk papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) measuring 1–4 cm …

Purpose To evaluate cost-effectiveness of an [18F] FDG-PET/CT-driven diagnostic workup
as compared to diagnostic surgery, for thyroid nodules with Bethesda III/IV cytology.[18F] …

A growing incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) has been reported in most
developed countries, corresponding mainly to incidentally discovered small papillary thyroid …

Simple Summary This review reflects on health economic considerations associated with the
increasing diagnosis and treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer. Analysis of different …

Background Histologic subtypes of papillary thyroid cancer affect prognosis. The objective of
this study was to examine whether survival is affected by extent of surgery for conventional …

Background The recently published 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines
recognize lobectomy as a viable alternative for low-risk cancers and advise more …