Active Surveillance for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: Challenges and Prospects

Active Surveillance for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: Challenges and Prospects

Active surveillance (AS) can be considered as an alternative to immediate surgery in low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) without clinically apparent lymph nodes, gross extrathyroidal extension (ETE), and/or distant metastasis according to American Thyroid Association. However, in the pa...

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Main Authors: Shuai Xue, Peisong Wang, Zachary A. Hurst, Yi Seok Chang, Guang Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
active surveillance
papillary thyroid microcarcinoma
imaging
biomarker
recurrence
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2018.00736/full

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