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Clinical Trials of Active Surveillance of Papillary Microcarcinoma of the Thyroid

Clinical Trials of Active Surveillance of Papillary Microcarcinoma of the Thyroid

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Clinical Trials of Active Surveillance of Papillary Microcarcinoma of the Thyroid

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Clinical Trials of Active Surveillance of Papillary Microcarcinoma of the Thyroid

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Cham: Springer International Publishing

Journal title

World journal of surgery, 2016-03, Vol.40 (3), p.516-522

Language

English

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Cham: Springer International Publishing

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Contents

Background
The incidence of thyroid cancer is increasing globally. This is mainly due to the increase in the detection of small papillary carcinomas, including papillary microcarcinomas (PMC) 1 cm or smaller. It was suggested recently that PMCs are overdiagnosed and overtreated.
Methods
In 1993, the author proposed a clinical trial to comp...

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Clinical Trials of Active Surveillance of Papillary Microcarcinoma of the Thyroid

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4746213

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4746213

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ISSN

0364-2313

E-ISSN

1432-2323

DOI

10.1007/s00268-015-3392-y

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