The role of active surveillance in low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma

Autor: Beatriz De Rienzo, Gianluca Donatini, Jean Louis Kraimps
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Annals of Thyroid. 2:10-10
ISSN: 2522-6681
DOI: 10.21037/aot.2017.09.01
Popis: Incidence of thyroid carcinoma has increased by 2- to 3-fold in many countries in the last years, reaching an epidemic 15-fold increase in Korea (1-3). The vast majority is represented by newly diagnosed thyroid papillary microcarcinoma [ et al ., mPTC progression has been demonstrated to be inversely related to patient’s age (4). Data showed evolution of mPTC during a 10-year follow-up within the younger population ( 60 years), regarding size enlargement (P=0.0014), lymph nodes metastases appearance (P
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