The Treatment of Thyroid Cancer With Radiofrequency Ablation

Pia Pace-Asciak, Jon O. Russell, Ralph P. Tufano

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Abstract

In the past decade, there has seen been a shift from treating all thyroid cancer surgically, to favoring less aggressive approaches for low-risk thyroid cancer. Surgery was historically the treatment of choice for most thyroid cancer. Active surveillance has emerged as an alternative for low-risk thyroid cancer in select patients. This approach has been accepted worldwide, and sound evidence supports its oncological safety in carefully selected patients. However, not all patients want to undergo lifelong monitoring, and some patients may wish to treat their cancer in a minimally invasive manner. Thermal ablation has developed as a minimally invasive alternative to surgery and active surveillance for well selected patients with thyroid malignancy. Herein, we review the role of thermally ablative techniques, specifically radiofrequency ablation, for the treatment of small primary thyroid cancers, recurrent thyroid cancer, and lymph node metastases.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number100825
JournalTechniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2022

Keywords

  • lymph node metastases
  • radiofrequency ablation
  • recurrent thyroid cancer
  • thermal ablation
  • thyroid cancer

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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