Thyroid Cancer: Is Really Less More?

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com followed in patients with thyroid nodules and specifically the widespread adoption and use of fine needle aspiration [4]. As a result of the “over diagnosis” of these small indolent tumors, the excellent prognosis and clinical outcome of these patients and a non-negligible percentage of surgical complications, there is growing evidence to suggest active surveillance as an alternative to immediate surgery in a specific subgroup of patients [5,6]. It comes as no surprise that the aforementioned alternative therapeutic approach in specific subtypes of thyroid cancer has been recently advocated by the findings of a multidisciplinary, retrospective study of patients with thyroid nodules diagnosed as encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (EFVPTC) and reclassified as “non-invasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features” (NIFTP) [7].