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 …

BACKGROUND There is no consensus regarding the comparison of staging classifications.
Recently, numerous staging classifications for thyroid carcinoma have been described. This …

Objective To validate the A merican T hyroid A ssociation (ATA) initial risk of recurrence
scheme and the M emorial S loan K ettering C ancer C enter (MSKCC) response to therapy …

BACKGROUND A novel prognostic staging classification encompassing all forms of thyroid
carcinoma was created for the National Thyroid Cancer Treatment Cooperative Study …

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 Papillary thyroid carcinomas represent a diversity of morphologic subtypes
and variants, but to the authors' knowledge the prognostic significance of subclassification is …

Objective To reexamine the age, metastases, extent, and size (AMES) risk criteria for well-
differentiated thyroid cancer with the effect of therapy on outcome. Design Review of patient …

Hypothesis All thyroid nodules 4 cm or larger should be surgically removed regardless of
fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) results because of an unacceptably high rate of false …

Controversy continues regarding the optimal management of patients with differentiated
thyroid cancer because no prospective randomized studies evaluating the merits of (1) …

Struma ovarii that display extraovarian spread or later recurrence is exceedingly rare.
Among 88 patients with “malignant” struma ovarii followed for prolonged periods, several …