Background: It has been 30 years since the initiation of active surveillance (AS) for adult
patients with low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). This study compared the …

The indolent nature and favorable outcomes associated with papillary thyroid
microcarcinoma have prompted numerous prospective studies on active surveillance (AS) …

Background Active surveillance (AS) has been introduced as a management strategy for low-
risk papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) due to its typically indolent nature. Despite this, the …

Background Bibliometrics has been used to analyze the literature in the field of thyroid
disease studies in the early 21st century, indicating the changes in current international …

Thyroid nodules are a prevalent condition that can be detected through palpation or
ultrasound. However, a small fraction of these nodules can be cancerous, and even benign …

Active surveillance for low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC; T1aN0MI) was
initiated at Kuma Hospital (Kobe, Japan) in 1993, based on a proposal by Akira Miyauchi …

Introduction Active surveillance (AS) is considered an alternative to immediate surgery (IS)
for low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) patients. However, it is difficult to …

Active surveillance (AS) for low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC), which was
initiated at Kuma Hospital (Kobe, Japan) in 1993 and Cancer Institute Hospital (Tokyo) in …

The most current national cancer statistics in China estimated 202,600 new thyroid cancer
cases (incidence 13.37/105 persons) and 8300 deaths in 2016. 1 The annual percentage …

Background For the American Thyroid Association's (ATA) Centennial Annual Meeting, we
presented the Clinical and Surgical Years in Review. The most clinically impactful articles or …