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  1. Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Tracy S. Wang

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Paolo Goffredo

  3. Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

    Julie Ann Sosa & Sanziana A. Roman

  4. Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA

    Julie Ann Sosa

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Wang, T.S., Goffredo, P., Sosa, J.A. et al. Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: An Over-Treated Malignancy?: Reply. World J Surg 40, 766–767 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-015-3290-3

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