Surgical decision making in the management of well-differentiated thyroid cancer. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The incidence of thyroid cancer in the United States has been increasing. The biologic behavior of well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC) can vary from indolent tumor to an aggressive disease with invasion of critical structures and/or widespread distant metastasis. Therefore, the risk stratification is crucial in understanding the biology of thyroid cancer, its prognosis and appropriate therapeutic interventions. In fact, understanding the nuances of biological behavior of thyroid carcinomas lays the foundation for the idea of selective surgical management of this disease.

publication date

  • May 1, 2012

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3444581

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 66949149111

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.otot.2009.02.008

PubMed ID

  • 23997503

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 3

issue

  • 3