Total Thyroidectomy and Adjuvant Radioiodine Treatment Independently Decrease Locoregional Recurrence Risk in Childhood and Adolescent Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Abstract

In DTC patients <or=18 y of age, extensive initial therapy-consisting of total thyroidectomy combined with modified lymphadenectomy performed in case of lymph node metastases and followed by radioiodine therapy--is associated with a substantial decrease of DTC LR risk.