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ea0056p1132 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2018

Incidental thyroid microcarcinoma in benign thyroid diseases: can it encourage total thyroidectomy as the first choice of surgical treatment? (A retrospective study)

Askitis Dimitrios , Efremidou Eleni I , Giatromanolaki Alexandra , Esebidis Agis , Vamvakerou Vasiliki , Polychronidis Alexandros , Liratzopoulos Nikolaos

Aim: Well-differentiated thyroid cancer (TC) comprises the most common endocrine malignancy, featuring very good prognosis and 5-year survival rate of nearly 100% after total thyroidectomy. However, the prevalence of incidental thyroid microcarcinoma (mITC) is continuously rising during the last decade. One obvious reason is the high prevalence of total thyroidectomy (TT) as the preferred operation for otherwise benign nodular or diffuse thyroid diseases. The current retrospec...