Active surveillance for micropapillary thyroid carcinoma: a clinical review.

ABSTRACT: With the rapid rise in the incidence of micropapillary carcinoma, there is increasing concern about its overdiagnosis and overtreatment. There is considerable interest in managing patients with micropapillary carcinoma with active surveillance or deferred intervention. Various institutions around the world are practicing active surveillance. The major question remains as to who the ideal candidates are and how best to monitor these patients. This clinical review will discuss the ideal, appropriate, and inappropriate patients for active surveillance. It will also discuss the follow-up strategy for these patients and some of the adverse clinical features that will be used to decide against active surveillance. There are uncertainties as to who should be offered active surveillance. Various s

SUBMITTER: Shaha AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10839699 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature