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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Zhang H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7476094 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cancer biology & medicine 20200801 3
Active surveillance (AS) can be considered as a treatment strategy for low risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC), with the absence of clinically apparent lymph nodes, extrathyroidal extensions, and distant metastasis. After reviewing the reports on AS of low risk PTMCs worldwide, we introduced AS, and discussed the selection criteria for active surveillance candidates based on different guidelines and the follow-up schedules. Moreover, the requirement of cytological diagnosis, progression ...[more]