Background: Due to the excellent prognosis and relatively high incidence of small low-risk
thyroid cancers, more conservative management strategies such as active surveillance (AS) …

Background: Active surveillance has been proposed as an appropriate management
strategy for low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), due to the typically favorable …

Context Low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is overdiagnosed, but true incidence
has increased as well. Owing to its excellent prognosis with low morbidity and mortality …

Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy, representing 2.9% of all new
cancers in the United States. It has an excellent prognosis, with a five-year relative survival …

Introduction: In the past, total thyroidectomy was usually recommended as the initial
therapeutic approach in all but the lowest risk differentiated thyroid cancers. Today, many …

Introduction Low-risk papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is increasingly being diagnosed
throughout the world; yet the mortality risk is low compared with other malignancies …

Background: It is important to understand patient preferences on managing low-risk papillary
thyroid cancer (PTC). Methods: We prospectively followed patients with low-risk PTC< 2 cm …

Background: Active surveillance (AS) of small, low-risk papillary thyroid cancers (PTCs) is
increasingly being considered. There is limited understanding of why individuals with low …

Background Shared decision-making about treatment for low-risk thyroid cancer requires
patients and surgeons to work together to select treatment that best balances risks and …

Background: Surgical extent in the management of well-differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC)
remains a recurrent subject of debate. This is especially relevant in low-risk DTC of 1–4 cm …