Current treatment strategies for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma

Surgical treatment of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is evolving more and more into a controversial issue. As in Japan more than 50% of PTMCs are only observed, an increasing number of physicians in the western world are calling for active surveillance instead of lobectomy or total thyroidectomy. Unifocal carcinomas of older patients without extrathyroidal growth or lymph node involvement seem to be candidates for active surveillance. First estimations for a lifelong observation show that patients <30 years old will have a probability of tumor progression of more than 60%. A decision for surgery versus active surveillance has to weigh up all the arguments for and against, which have to be discussed and planned in detail together with the patient.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:91

Enthalten in:

Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen - 91(2020), 12 vom: 10. Dez., Seite 994-998

Sprache:

Deutsch

Weiterer Titel:

Aktuelle Therapiestrategien beim papillären Mikrokarzinom der Schilddrüse

Beteiligte Personen:

Weber, Theresia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Active surveillance
Journal Article
Lobectomy
Papillary thyroid carcinoma
Review
Risk factors
Thyroidectomy

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 04.12.2020

Date Revised 14.12.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00104-020-01263-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313511675