Expert consensus workshop report: Guidelines for thermal ablation of thyroid tumors (2019 edition)

J Cancer Res Ther. 2020 Sep;16(5):960-966. doi: 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_558_19.

Abstract

As a treatment option for cancer, thermal ablation has satisfactory effects on many types of solid tumors (such as liver and renal cancers). However, its clinical applications for the treatment of thyroid nodules and metastatic cervical lymph nodes are still under debate both in China and abroad. In 2015, the "Zhejiang Expert consensus on thermal ablation for thyroid benign nodules, microcarcinoma, and metastatic cervical lymph nodes (2015 edition)," was released by the Thyroid Cancer Committee of Zhejiang Anti-Cancer Association, China. To further standardize the application of thermal ablation for thyroid tumors, the Thyroid Tumor Ablation Experts Group of Chinese Medical Doctor Association has organized many seminars and finally produced a consensus to formulate the "Expert consensus workshop report: Guidelines for thermal ablation of thyroid tumors (2019 edition)."

Keywords: Ablation techniques; consensus; guideline; nodular goiter; thyroid neoplasms.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Catheter Ablation / methods*
  • Consensus Development Conferences as Topic
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / therapy*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Thyroid Nodule / pathology
  • Thyroid Nodule / surgery*