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Immediate Completion Total Thyroidectomy is Not Necessary in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer with American Thyroid Association Intermediate-Risk: A 10-year Serial Follow-up Study

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Neoplasms
Registration Number
KCT0006373
Lead Sponsor
Yonsei University Health System, Severance Hospital
Brief Summary

Immediate completion total thyroidectomy after thyroid lobectomy in diffentiated thyroid cancer patients with American thyroid association intermediate-risk is not necessary because of good prognosis during long-term follow-up. Larger-scale randomized clinical trials are required to confirm our findings.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1702
Inclusion Criteria

Male and female adults patients who underwent thyroid lobectomy for differentiated thyroid cancer within the period

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who underwent total thyroidectomy, not adults, patients with poorly differentiated thyroid cancer, medullary thyroid cancer or anaplastic thyroid cancer

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Recurrence rate
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Complication
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