Recommendations of the Latin American Thyroid Society on diagnosis and management of differentiated thyroid cancer.
The aims of these recommendations were to develop clinical guidelines for evaluation and management of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer applicable to Latin American countries. The panel was composed by 13 members of the Latin American Thyroid Society (LATS) involved with research and management of thyroid cancer from different medical centers in Latin America. The recommendations were produced on the basis of the expert opinion of the panel with use of principles of Evidence-Based Medicine. Following a group meeting, a first draft based on evidences and the expert opinions of the panel was elaborated and, later, circulated among panel members, for further revision. After, this document was submitted to the LATS members, for commentaries and considerations, and, finally, revised and refined by the authors. The final recommendations presented in this paper represent the state of the art on management of differentiated thyroid cancer applied to all Latin American countries.
Pitoia
Fabián
F
División Endocrinologia, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. fpitoia@intramed.net
Ward
Laura
L
Wohllk
Nelson
N
Friguglietti
Celso
C
Tomimori
Eduardo
E
Gauna
Alicia
A
Camargo
Rosalinda
R
Vaisman
Mario
M
Harach
Rubén
R
Munizaga
Fernando
F
Corigliano
Sandro
S
Pretell
Eduardo
E
Niepomniszcze
Hugo
H
D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*