Small Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Latest Research

If you have a small (1 cm or less) papillary thyroid cancer -- known as a papillary microcarcinoma -- should you have a total thyroidectomy? Is radioiodine remnant ablation after surgery necessary? Which treatments will help or hurt your long term survival and the risk of cancer recurrence? Researchers have some new answers.

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• Risk Factors for Thyroid Cancer
• Thyroid Cancer Symptoms
• Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis

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