Current Approaches to the Treatment of Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

The contemporary management of well-differentiated thyroid cancer requires a multidisciplinary approach involving primary care physicians, endocrinologists, surgeons, pathologists, nuclear medicine specialists, and sometimes radiologists and oncologists for diagnosis, treatment, and long-term surveillance. Well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma includes papillary and follicular thyroid carcinomas. These two types of cancer comprise approximately 85% to 90% of all thyroid malignancies.[1] Managing these cancers raises common concerns that will be addressed later.