Background: The question of how to manage patients with low-risk papillary thyroid
microcarcinoma (PTMC; T1aN0M0) has recently become an important clinical issue. Two …

Background Active surveillance (AS) has been introduced as a management strategy for low-
risk papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) due to its typically indolent nature. Despite this, the …

Ultrasound (US) of the thyroid has been used as a diagnostic tool since the late 1960s. US is
the most important imaging tool for diagnosing thyroid disease. In the majority of cases a …

Abstract Purpose of the Review There has been an increasing interest on active surveillance
for papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMC) in the literature. We will analyze the …

Introduction The incidence of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) has increased, and
its treatment remains controversial. Objective To identify the clinical and pathological factors …

Background After several decades of increasing incidence of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC),
a change in this trend has been recently observed, particularly in the United States. This is …

Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) represents 35–40% of all papillary cancers; it is
defined as a nodule≤ 10 mm at the time of histological diagnosis. The clinical significance …

Background: Active surveillance is accepted as a first-line management for patients with low-
risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) without metastasis or extrathyroid extension …

Objective. To evaluate epidemiologic, clinical, cytological, and ultrasonographic features of
thyroid nodules in a sample French Afro‐Caribbean population to determine if the standard …

Purpose To identify clinical, biological and pathological risk factors for the incidental
discovery of papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMCs) in patients undergoing …