Active Surveillance versus Immediate Surgery: Questionnaire Survey on the Current Treatment Strategy for Adult Patients with Low-risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma in Japan.

CONCLUSION: More than 50% of low-risk PTMC are on AS in Japan. However, the indication and recommendation for AS vary significantly between institutions. To improve the implementation of this management modality, physicians and patients should be further educated, and the socio-medical environment should be improved. PMID: 31441377 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Thyroid Source Type: research