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Thyroid cancer and pregnancy: a systematic ten-year-review.

Thrasyvoulos PanagiotakopoulosAngeliki ChortiIoannis PliakosAris IoannidisMaria BoudinaTheodossis Papavramidis
Published in: Gland surgery (2024)
The majority of the studies agree that well-differentiated tumors with mild clinical and imaging characteristics do not require immediate surgical treatment, but mere monitoring. Surgery can be delayed after childbirth. In contrast, tumors with aggressive behavior as well as non-differentiated ones, require immediate surgery because delay under these circumstances can dramatically reduce survival rates. Finally, a history of thyroid cancer does not seem to affect future deliveries, on condition that no residual disease exists at the onset of pregnancy.
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