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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shuai Xue, Peisong Wang, Zachary A. Hurst, Yi Seok Chang, Guang Chen
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
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
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Similar Items