ATA low-risk papillary thyroid cancer (with all of the following): No local or distant metastases All macroscopic tumor has been resected No tumor invasion of locoregional tissues or structures The…
Candidates for observation Tumor characteristics Patient characteristics Medical team characteristics Ideal Solitary nodule, well-defined border, surrounded by thyroid normal thyroid tissue, stable on ultrasound, no ETE= Extrathyroidal extension, no evidence…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Sanziana A. Roman, Julie Ann Sosa and Carmen C. Solórzano (eds.)Management of Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer10.1007/978-3-319-43618-0_13 13. The Pediatric Thyroid Nodule and Papillary Thyroid Cancer Management Scott A. Rivkees1 and Catherine A. Dinauer2,…
1999 2005 Procedure High Low p valuea High Low p valuea Oncology Colectomy Mortality (%) 1.3 3.5 <0.001 2.3 2.8 NS LOS (mean days) 8.5 10.0 <0.001 8.1 9.7…
Fig. 9.1 Radioactive iodine scans. The appearance of a radioactive uptake scan for both toxic multinodular goiter (left) and Graves’ disease (right) is shown, with the shaded or gray areas…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Sanziana A. Roman, Julie Ann Sosa and Carmen C. Solórzano (eds.)Management of Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer10.1007/978-3-319-43618-0_7 7. Surveillance of Benign Thyroid Nodules Elizabeth H. Holt1 (1) Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism,…
