Low‐risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: Optimal management toward a more conservative approach
Valeria Ramundo, Marialuisa Sponziello, Rosa Falcone, Antonella Verrienti, Sébastiano Filetti, Cosimo Durante, Giorgio Grani
Abstract
The incidence of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (microPTC) has dramatically increased in the last decades. Most of these tumors remain small and clinically "silent", only small number progress. Although thyroid surgery used to be the only therapeutic approach, recent guidelines now consider active surveillance for low-risk microPTC. For this reason, more accurate risk stratification of microPTC is needed. The optimal management of low-risk microPTC through accurate risk stratification represents a major clinical issue.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineRisk stratificationConservative managementThyroidIncidence (geometry)Risk assessmentThyroid cancerGeneral surgeryIntensive care medicineSurgeryInternal medicineComputer scienceComputer securityOpticsPhysicsThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentThyroid and Parathyroid SurgeryPituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments