Mortality rate and causes of death in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma.

Young Lyun OhHyun Jin RyuHyunju ParkTae Hyuk KimSun Wook KimYoung Lyun OhJae Hoon Chung

Published in: Endocrine (2023)

The cancer-specific mortality rate of PTMC patients was extremely low (0.02%). More than half of deceased PTMC patients died of other malignancies, which was significantly more than those with PTC > 1 cm. These results support that active surveillance can be selected as a therapeutic option for PTMC.

Keyphrases

papillary thyroid
lymph node metastasis
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
risk factors
squamous cell carcinoma
type diabetes