Furio Pacini

TL;DR: Evidence-based recommendations are developed to inform clinical decision-making in the management of thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer and represent, in the authors' opinion, contemporary optimal care for patients with these disorders.

TL;DR: Evidence-based recommendations in response to the appointment as an independent task force by the American Thyroid Association to assist in the clinical management of patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer represent, in the authors' opinion, contemporary optimal care for patients with these disorders.

TL;DR: European consensus for the management of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma of the follicular epithelium Furio Pacini, Martin Schlumberger, Henning Dralle, Rossella Elisei, Johannes W A Smit, Wilmar Wiersinga and the European Thyroid Cancer Taskforce Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism are presented.

TL;DR: The specific RET codon mutation correlates with the MEN2 syndromic variant, the age of onset of M TC, and the aggressiveness of MTC; consequently, that mutation should guide major management decisions, such as whether and when to perform thyroidectomy.

TL;DR: The revised guidelines are focused primarily on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and hereditary MTC and developed 67 evidence-based recommendations to assist clinicians in the care of Patients with MTC.