Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: As a measure to reduce overtreatment, active surveillance (AS) for low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has spread from Japan and gradually become accepted around the world. Older age is known to be a favorable factor for progression under AS; however, long-term evidence is still limited and lifelong monitoring is considered inevitable. The present study reviewed the results of AS from the 1990s and explored the possibility of completing follow-up.<p class...