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Timing of Long-Term Postoperative Surveillance for Low-Risk Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

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Most patients diagnosed with differentiated thyroid cancer have a low-risk of recurrence. The recommendations for long-term surveillance should reflect the low-risk nature of this disease. Suppressive doses of thyroid hormone are generally not needed in patients with low-risk thyroid cancer. In addition, the less frequent thyroid ultrasound monitoring and thyroglobulin measurement may be appropriate. As there is no survival benefit to long-term surveillance in patients with low-risk thyroid cancer, the timing and frequency of monitoring should reflect the natural history of low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer, meaning that the risk for recurrence is low.

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    Stephanie Fish

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Fish, S. (2023). Timing of Long-Term Postoperative Surveillance for Low-Risk Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. In: Roman, S.A., Shen, W.T., Sosa, J.A. (eds) Controversies in Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37135-6_17

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