Introduction Over the past years, the incidence of thyroid cancer has surged not only in
Germany but also in other countries of the Western hemisphere. This surge was first and …

The last decade has seen a renewed interested in a risk-adapted approach to the
management of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), in which specific treatment and follow …

This analysis was performed to determine the effect of initial therapy on the outcomes of
thyroid cancer patients. The study setting was a prospectively followed multi-institutional …

Background: Survival studies in differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) may be biased
because they have been performed in heterogeneous populations. In addition, specific …

Most patients with thyroid carcinoma have a good prognosis. Due to the small number of
fatal cases, it has not been clarified what conditions result in death for patients with thyroid …

Objective: To find out the most predictive staging system for papillary thyroid carcinoma
(PTC) currently available in the literature. Background: Various staging systems or risk group …

Objective: Differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) generally has a good prognosis. As yet,
however, it is unclear whether life expectancy is reduced in these patients and, if so, to what …

BACKGROUND The criteria for minimally invasive (low grade) follicular carcinoma of the
thyroid (MI) remain controversial, often resulting in unnecessary treatment. METHODS The …

Papillary (PTC) and follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) are known as differentiated thyroid
carcinoma (DTC). Nevertheless, according to the UICC/AJCC (TNM) classification PTC and …

Objective: To evaluate the risk factors including tumor histomorphology for survival specific
to follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) and to apply commonly employed staging systems in …