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Papillary thyroid cancers under 1 cm almost never cause harm. Japanese hospitals have watched thousands safely. Make watching, not surgery, the default everywhere, with a registry.
Kuma Hospital and Cancer Institute Hospital (Tokyo) cohorts show under 1% distant progression and no disease deaths over decades of surveillance for low-risk papillary microcarcinoma. Propose making surveillance the default option in guidelines, with an international registry, a standardised ultrasound protocol, and reimbursement parity with surgery.
Shares Overdiagnosis in cancer, Overdiagnosis and false alarms, Thyroid cancer.
Shares Overdiagnosis in cancer, Overdiagnosis and false alarms, Thyroid cancer.
Shares Overdiagnosis in cancer, Overdiagnosis and false alarms, Thyroid cancer.
Shares Overdiagnosis in cancer, Overdiagnosis and false alarms.
Shares Overdiagnosis in cancer, Overdiagnosis and false alarms.
Shares Overdiagnosis in cancer, Overdiagnosis and false alarms.
Shares Overdiagnosis in cancer, Overdiagnosis and false alarms.
Shares Overdiagnosis in cancer, Overdiagnosis and false alarms.