Long‑Term Durability of Active Surveillance of Small, Low‑Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Cancer research · Thyroid cancer

In this cohort study of patients with small, low‑risk PTC, 118 of 155 patients (76%) who chose AS continued AS in the absence of disease progression or other indications for surgery at long‑term follow‑up (median [IQR] follow‑up duration, 71 [59‑84] months).

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This study demonstrates that active surveillance (AS) remains a durable management strategy for small, low‑risk papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), particularly in older patients, suggesting that age should be considered when counseling patients about long‑term disease control.

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