TY - JOUR
T1 - Follow-up and management of differentiated thyroid carcinoma
T2 - A European perspective in clinical practice
AU - Schlumberger, Martin
AU - Pacini, Furio
AU - Wiersinga, Wilmar M.
AU - Toft, Antony
AU - Smit, Johannes W.A.
AU - Franco, Franco Sanchez
AU - Lind, Peter
AU - Limbert, Edward
AU - Jarzab, Barbara
AU - Jamar, François
AU - Duntas, Leonidas
AU - Cohen, Ohad
AU - Berg, Gertrud
PY - 2004/11
Y1 - 2004/11
N2 - As differentiated (follicular and papillary) thyroid cancer (DTC) may recur years after initial treatment, follow-up of patients with DTC is long term. However, this population has changed, with more individuals being discovered at an earlier stage of disease, so that previous follow-up protocols based mostly on data from high-risk patients no longer apply. We have proposed, in a previous issue of this Journal, an improved protocol for the follow-up of low-risk patients with DTC based on the findings of recent studies. We report here the case of a paradigmatic patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma, with the goal of illustrating the benefits of applying this algorithm in routine clinical practice. We also offer expanded and additional comments on various issues in the management of DTC.
AB - As differentiated (follicular and papillary) thyroid cancer (DTC) may recur years after initial treatment, follow-up of patients with DTC is long term. However, this population has changed, with more individuals being discovered at an earlier stage of disease, so that previous follow-up protocols based mostly on data from high-risk patients no longer apply. We have proposed, in a previous issue of this Journal, an improved protocol for the follow-up of low-risk patients with DTC based on the findings of recent studies. We report here the case of a paradigmatic patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma, with the goal of illustrating the benefits of applying this algorithm in routine clinical practice. We also offer expanded and additional comments on various issues in the management of DTC.
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U2 - 10.1530/eje.0.1510539
DO - 10.1530/eje.0.1510539
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C2 - 15538930
AN - SCOPUS:9444250470
SN - 0804-4643
VL - 151
SP - 539
EP - 548
JO - European Journal of Endocrinology
JF - European Journal of Endocrinology
IS - 5
ER -
