title: Surgical management of well-differentiated thyroid cancer: state of the art.
abstract: Nonmedullary well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC) comprises a group of tumors including papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC), with Hürthle cell carcinoma being a subtype of follicular carcinoma. This article reviews the epidemiology, pathogenesis, preoperative and diagnostic evaluation, imaging, and staging of WDTC. Different approaches to therapy and follow-up care are discussed. The prognosis for WDTC remains good and most patients can expect to be cured of their disease.
authors.affiliation: Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suliburk
authors.forename: Leigh
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Delbridge
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*