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Oct 2026
To operate or not to operate: Clinical and sociodemographic determinants of provider advised non-surgical management for thyroid cancer.
BACKGROUND Surgery is the standard treatment for well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC). We assessed clinical characteristics and outcomes in WDTC patients advised against surgery. METHODS The National Cancer Database was queried for WDTC patients between 2004 and 2017 who underwent surgery or non-surgical managem...
Szu-Aun Long, M. Satyadi, Catherine G. Pratt et al.
· American Journal of Surgery · 0 citations