Predictors of Bilateral Disease in Pediatric Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.
Christine E CherellaDanielle M RichmanEnju LiuMary C FratesBiren P ModiBenjamin ZendejasJessica R SmithJustine A BarlettaMonica L HollowellAri J WassnerPublished in: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2021)
In children with differentiated thyroid cancer, tumor multifocality in the primary lobe is associated with bilateral disease and should prompt consideration of completion thyroidectomy after initial lobectomy. Clinically node-negative children with tumors that are unifocal in the primary lobe have a low likelihood of contralateral disease.