Three distinctly different kinds of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma should be recognized: our treatment strategies and outcomes.

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Published in World J Surg on June 01, 2010

Authors

Iwao Sugitani1, Kazuhisa Toda, Keiko Yamada, Noriko Yamamoto, Motoko Ikenaga, Yoshihide Fujimoto

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Head and Neck, Cancer Institute Hospital, 3-8-31, Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8550, Japan. isugitani@jfcr.or.jp

Associated clinical trials:

A Trial Comparing USG-HIFU vs AS in Management of Low-risk PTMC | NCT03327636

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