Papillary microcarcinoma and papillary cancer of the thyroid <or=1 cm: modified definition of the WHO and the therapeutic dilemma
Schönberger, J.; Marienhagen, J.; Agha, A.; Rozeboom, S.; Bachmeier, E.; Schlitt, H.; Eilles, C.
NUKLEARMEDIZIN. Nuclear Medicine 46(4): 115-120; Quiz N41-42
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-5566 PMID: 17690788 Document Number: 614955
Major controversies exist regarding the treatment of papillary microcarcinoma of the thyroid (PMC). Prior to 2003 PMC was defined by the WHO as a papillary carcinoma of 1 cm or less in diameter. In 2004 that definition changed, with the new classification requiring that the tumour also must be found incidentally. In this study we reviewed the clinical records of 67 patients with papillary tumours of the thyroid