Management of papillary and follicular (differentiated) thyroid cancer: new paradigms using recombinant human thyrotropin.

EL Mazzaferri, N Massoll - Endocrine-related cancer, 2002 - erc.bioscientifica.com
The incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) has increased in many places around
the world over the past three decades, yet this has been associated with a significant …

Current controversies in the management of pediatric patients with well-differentiated nonmedullary thyroid cancer: a review

W Hung, NJ Sarlis - Thyroid, 2002 - liebertpub.com
Current treatment strategies for pediatric patients with nonmedullary, well-differentiated
thyroid carcinoma (WDTC) are derived from single-institution clinical cohorts, reports of …

Papillary thyroid carcinoma: prognostic factors and the role of radioiodine and external radiotherapy

SM Chow, SCK Law, WM Mendenhall, SK Au… - International Journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Purpose: To evaluate the role of radioiodine and external radiotherapy treatment in papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Methods and Materials: This is a retrospective study of 842 …

Radioactive iodine lobe ablation as an alternative to completion thyroidectomy for follicular carcinoma of the thyroid

GW Randolph, GH Daniels - Thyroid, 2002 - liebertpub.com
We performed a retrospective record review of patients who received large lobar remnant
ablation after surgery for well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma including 30 with papillary …

Total thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid cancer: primary compared with completion thyroidectomy

A Mishra, SK Mishra - European Journal of Surgery, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Objective To analyse morbidity after completion total thyroidectomy compared with primary
total thyroidectomy in a specialist thyroid surgery centre. Design Retrospective study. Setting …

Frequency and predictive factors of malignancy in residual thyroid tissue and cervical lymph nodes after partial thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid cancer

AS Alzahrani, M Al Mandil, MA Chaudhary, M Ahmed… - Surgery, 2002 - Elsevier
Background. The extent of surgery in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) has been a
controversial issue. Total thyroidectomy potentially carries a higher operative risk, whereas …