Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: time to shift from surgery to active surveillance?

S Leboulleux, RM Tuttle, F Pacini… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2016 - thelancet.com
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 …

of the UICC Classification of Malignant Tumours: an overview of the changes in the pathological TNM classification criteria—What has changed and why?

L Bertero, F Massa, J Metovic, R Zanetti, I Castellano… - Virchows Archiv, 2018 - Springer
The TNM classification of malignant tumours is a mainstay tool in clinical practice and
research for prognostic assessment of patients, treatment allocation and trial enrolment, as …

[PDF][PDF] Guidelines for the management of thyroid cancer.

P Perros, K Boelaert, S Colley, C Evans… - Clinical …, 2014 - thyroidcancercanada.org
BTA_Guidelines_for_the_Management_of_Thyroid Cancer_E Page 1 CLINICAL
ENDOCRINOLOGY VOLUME 81 SUPPLEMENT 1 JULY 2014 THE CLINICAL JOURNAL OF …

German Association of Endocrine Surgeons practice guideline for the surgical management of malignant thyroid tumors

H Dralle, TJ Musholt, J Schabram, T Steinmüller… - … archives of surgery, 2013 - Springer
Introduction Over the past years, the incidence of thyroid cancer has surged not only in
Germany but also in other countries of the Western hemisphere. This surge was first and …

Differences in the recurrence and mortality outcomes rates of incidental and nonincidental papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of …

H Mehanna, T Al-Maqbili, B Carter… - The Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Context: There is controversy as to whether papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC)
represents more than one disease entity with different outcomes, requiring different …

Survival in differentiated thyroid cancer: comparing the AJCC cancer staging seventh and eighth editions

S Tam, M Boonsripitayanon, M Amit, BM Fellman, Y Li… - Thyroid, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Background: The American Joint Committee on Cancer Cancer Staging System for
differentiated thyroid cancer has been recently revised. The purpose of this study was to …

Risk factors for central compartment lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a meta‐analysis

N Qu, L Zhang, Q Ji, J Chen, Y Zhu… - World journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background The surgical management of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC),
especially regarding the necessity of central lymph node dissection (CLND), remains …

Papillary Microcarcinoma of the Thyroid: Clinical Characteristics and BRAFV600E Mutational Status of 977 Cases

X Zheng, S Wei, Y Han, Y Li, Y Yu, X Yun… - Annals of surgical …, 2013 - Springer
Background Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is one of the most common endocrine
malignancies. It is estimated that papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) accounts for up to …

Position paper from the Japan Thyroid Association task force on the management of low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (T1aN0M0) in adults

K Horiguchi, Y Yoshida, K Iwaku, N Emoto… - Endocrine …, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The incidence of thyroid carcinoma has been increasing worldwide. This is interpreted as an
increase in the incidental detection of papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMCs). However …

Preoperative prediction of central lymph node metastasis in thyroid papillary microcarcinoma using clinicopathologic and sonographic features

KE Kim, EK Kim, JH Yoon, KH Han, HJ Moon… - World journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Background The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the clinicopathologic factors
and ultrasound (US) features predictive of central lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients …