The Overdiagnosis of Thyroid Micropapillary Carcinoma: The Rising Incidence, Inert Biological Behavior, and Countermeasures

The incidence of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) has exponentially increased in the past three decades. The 2014 World Cancer Report stated that, among the new cases of thyroid carcinoma, >50% are PTMC. The incidence of thyroid cancer was growing by 20.1% annually in China. Most of PTMC h...

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Autores principales: Xu, Shujian, Han, Yong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8285179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34306078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5544232
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description The incidence of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) has exponentially increased in the past three decades. The 2014 World Cancer Report stated that, among the new cases of thyroid carcinoma, >50% are PTMC. The incidence of thyroid cancer was growing by 20.1% annually in China. Most of PTMC have low risk and excellent prognoses. It must be realized that the problem of overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer is quite serious. In this article, we summarized the phenomenon and the cause of “overdiagnosis” of PTMC, the progress of clinical management, and the countermeasures.
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spelling pubmed-82851792021-07-22 The Overdiagnosis of Thyroid Micropapillary Carcinoma: The Rising Incidence, Inert Biological Behavior, and Countermeasures Xu, Shujian Han, Yong J Oncol Review Article The incidence of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) has exponentially increased in the past three decades. The 2014 World Cancer Report stated that, among the new cases of thyroid carcinoma, >50% are PTMC. The incidence of thyroid cancer was growing by 20.1% annually in China. Most of PTMC have low risk and excellent prognoses. It must be realized that the problem of overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer is quite serious. In this article, we summarized the phenomenon and the cause of “overdiagnosis” of PTMC, the progress of clinical management, and the countermeasures. Hindawi 2021-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8285179/ /pubmed/34306078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5544232 Text en Copyright © 2021 Shujian Xu and Yong Han. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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