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Source: Childhood Thyroid Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.

Source updated: April 3, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.

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Context: Differentiated Thyroid Cancer (Papillary/Follicular) / Treatment of Papillary and Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma

Total thyroidectomy is the cornerstone of the management of differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Pediatric thyroid surgery is ideally completed by a surgeon who has experience performing endocrine procedures in children and in a hospital with the full spectrum of pediatric specialty care. The ATA recommends that the thyroidectomy be performed by an experienced thyroid surgeon (>30 cases/year) or as a multidisciplinary approach between a pediatric surgeon and an adult endocrine or head and neck surgeon.[6,9]

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