Systematic Review of Recurrence Rate after Hemithyroidectomy for Low-Risk Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgical extent in the management of well-differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) remains a recurrent subject of debate. This is especially relevant in low-risk DTC of 1-4 cm, which represent the majority of new thyroid cancer diagnoses. With trends towards treatment de-escalation and recent guidelines from the American Thyroid Association and British Thyroid Association endorsing hemithyroidectomy (HT) alone for low-risk DTC of 1-4 cm, we sought to systematically appraise the literature to examine recurrence rate outcomes after HT in this low-risk group.

Summary

Searching PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Ovid MEDLINE, we conducted a systematic review to assess the survival and recurrence rate data presented in all published studies that had a cohort of patients treated

SUBMITTER: Chan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7109423 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature