Lobectomy may be more appropriate for patients with early-stage medullary thyroid cancer older than 60 years old

Lobectomy may be more appropriate for patients with early-stage medullary thyroid cancer older than 60 years old

PurposeClinical guidelines presently recommend total thyroidectomy for the treatment of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). This study was aimed to investigate whether lobectomy could be the initial treatment for stage I MTC patients.MethodsThe retrospective study was based on data from the Surveillance...

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Main Authors: Binfeng Yang, Guangcai Niu, Xiaoxin Li, Fenfen Ma, Yanhong Ma, Shaojun Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
medullary thyroid cancer
AJCC
age
total thyroidectomy
lobectomy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2022.1015319/full

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