Open AccessFollow-up and management of differentiated thyroid carcinoma: a European perspective in clinical practice
Author(s) -
Martin Schlumberger,
F Pacini,
WM Wiersinga,
A D Toft,
Johannes W. A. Smit,
F. Sánchez Franco,
Peter Lind,
Edward Limbert,
Barbara Jarząb,
François Jamar,
Leonidas H. Duntas,
Ohad Cohen,
Gertrud E. B. Berg
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
european journal of endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.897
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1479-683X
pISSN - 0804-4643
DOI - 10.1530/eje.0.1510539
Subject(s) - thyroid carcinoma , follicular carcinoma , medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , clinical practice , thyroid cancer , follicular phase , population , papillary carcinoma , thyroid , perspective (graphical) , carcinoma , oncology , general surgery , family medicine , computer science , environmental health , biology , paleontology , artificial intelligence
As differentiated (follicular and papillary) thyroid cancer (DTC) may recur years after initial treatment, follow-up of patients with DTC is long term. However, this population has changed, with more individuals being discovered at an earlier stage of disease, so that previous follow-up protocols based mostly on data from high-risk patients no longer apply. We have proposed, in a previous issue of this Journal, an improved protocol for the follow-up of low-risk patients with DTC based on the findings of recent studies. We report here the case of a paradigmatic patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma, with the goal of illustrating the benefits of applying this algorithm in routine clinical practice. We also offer expanded and additional comments on various issues in the management of DTC.
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