Active surveillance in papillary thyroid microcarcinomas is feasible and safe: experience at one single Italian center.

CONCLUSIONS: Within an Italian medical context, active surveillance appears to be a feasible and safe alternative to immediate surgery in healthy mPTC patients. Only 3% of mPTC demonstrated disease progression during a median follow-up of 19 months (range 6-54) and importantly demonstrated excellent outcomes after surgical intervention in a short term follow up. PMID: 31652318 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - October 24, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Molinaro E, Campopiano MC, Pieruzzi L, Matrone A, Agate L, Bottici V, Viola D, Cappagli V, Valerio L, Giani C, Puleo L, Lorusso L, Piaggi P, Torregrossa L, Basolo F, Vitti P, Tuttle RM, Elisei R Tags: J Clin Endocrinol Metab Source Type: research