Background: Thyroid nodules are a common clinical problem, and differentiated thyroid
cancer is becoming increasingly prevalent. Since the American Thyroid Association's …

Background: Ultrasound and prophylactic dissections have facilitated identification of small-
volume cervical lymph node (LN) metastases in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma …

Objective: To develop evidence-based recommendations for safe, effective, and appropriate
thyroidectomy. Background: Surgical management of thyroid disease has evolved …

Introduction Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) generally shows an excellent prognosis
except in cases with aggressive backgrounds or clinicopathological features. Although the …

Background Thyroid nodules are a common clinical problem, and differentiated thyroid
cancer is becoming increasingly prevalent. Methods Six scientific Italian societies entitled to …

Background: Prospective trials of active surveillance for asymptomatic papillary
microcarcinoma (T1aN0M0) since the 1990s have shown progression rates of only 5–10 …

The incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer is increasing greatly in high-income countries.
Roughly 50% of this increase is attributable to the identification of intrathyroidal papillary …

Background Total thyroidectomy is well accepted as initial surgery for papillary thyroid
cancer (PTC), but the extent of the thyroidectomy remains a matter of controversy. This study …

Background Papillary microcarcinoma (PMC) of the thyroid generally follows a benign
clinical course. However, treatment strategies remain controversial. According to our …

Abstract The Japan Associations of Endocrine Surgeons has developed the revised version
of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Thyroid Tumors. This article describes the guidelines …