Identification and Optimal Postsurgical Follow-Up of Patients with Very Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinomas
Author(s) -
Cosimo Durante,
Marco Attard,
Massimo Torlontano,
Giuseppe Ronga,
Fabio Monzani,
Giuseppe Costante,
M Ferdeghini,
Dario Tumino,
Domenico Meringolo,
Rocco Bruno,
Giorgio De Toma,
Umberto Crocetti,
Teresa Montesano,
Angela Dardano,
Livia Lamartina,
Adele Maniglia,
Luciano Giacomelli,
Sébastiano Filetti
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2010-0762
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , medicine , thyroid , identification (biology) , papillary carcinoma , thyroid carcinoma , radiology , oncology , biology , paleontology , botany
Most papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMCs; ≤ 1 cm diameter) are indolent low-risk tumors, but some cases behave more aggressively. Controversies have thus arisen over the optimum postoperative surveillance of PTMC patients.
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