בשל "הגנת זכויות יוצרים", מובא להלן קישור למאמר בלבד. לקריאתו בטקסט מלא, אנא פנה/י לספרייה הרפואית הזמינה לך.

As a surgeon who has performed more than 7000 thyroidectomies throughout 4 decades, I have witnessed a significant amount of change.

When I started, the premise of surgery for a suspicious mass was based on very little evidence; too many total thyroidectomies were performed, and too much postoperative radioactive iodine was administered.

In this Viewpoint, I discuss the significant changes in the treatment of patients with thyroid cancer throughout the last 4 decades.

Over the years, indications for surgery within my practice have changed with an increase in the number of cases performed for biopsy-proven cancer and a decrease in the number performed for clinical/cytological suspicion of cancer and benign disease with risk factors. It is these indications that bear further discussion.