Over the past 30 years in the United States, increasing identification of small thyroid nodules
has led to a dramatic rise in the detection of small thyroid cancers, many of which are …

The detection of low-risk thyroid carcinoma has increased in recent decades, although
disease-specific mortality remained without changes. The high prevalence of occult …

In the past year, there were an estimated 53 990 new cases of thyroid cancer in the United
States, representing a 3-fold increase in incidence during the past 3 decades. 1 While most …

Active Surveillance is a non-invasive strategy designed to identify a minority of patients with
low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma who might experience clinical progression and benefit …

Background: The 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines acknowledged that “an
active surveillance management approach can be considered as an alternative to …

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine physician-reported use of and barriers to
active surveillance for thyroid cancer. Summary Background Data: It is not clear whether …

Importance Small papillary thyroid cancers are the most common type of thyroid cancer, with
the incidence increasing across the world. Active surveillance of appropriate cancers has …

Importance The burden of concern for patients with thyroid cancer who undergo surgical
intervention with or without radioactive iodine is known to be substantial. For patients under …

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

Recently, the incidence of thyroid carcinoma has been increasing rapidly worldwide. This is
interpreted as an increase in the incidental detection of small papillary thyroid carcinomas …