Recently, the incidence of thyroid carcinoma has been increasing rapidly worldwide. This is
interpreted as an increase in the incidental detection of small papillary thyroid carcinomas …

Active Surveillance is a non-invasive strategy designed to identify a minority of patients with
low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma who might experience clinical progression and benefit …

Abstract Background The 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines recommended
either total thyroidectomy or lobectomy for surgical treatment of low-risk differentiated thyroid …

Background Active surveillance (AS) has been introduced as a management strategy for low-
risk papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) due to its typically indolent nature. Despite this, the …

The detection of low-risk thyroid carcinoma has increased in recent decades, although
disease-specific mortality remained without changes. The high prevalence of occult …

Background Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is an indolent disease with favorable
outcomes. The non-surgical treatment approach known as active surveillance (AS) has been …

Increasingly sensitive diagnostic methods, better understanding of molecular
pathophysiology, and well-conducted prospective studies have changed the current …

Background Recently, active surveillance (AS) has been introduced as an alternative to
early surgery (ES) for the management of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) …

Background: The optimal surgical approach for intermediate-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma
(IR-PTC)(according to ATA definition), whether total thyroidectomy (TT) or lobectomy (LT) …

Active surveillance (AS) for low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC), which was
initiated at Kuma Hospital (Kobe, Japan) in 1993 and Cancer Institute Hospital (Tokyo) in …