Study on prognosis of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma / 临床外科杂志

With the public awareness of thyroid disease and the development of ultrasound tech-nology,more attention has been paid to the study of the papillary thyroid microcarcinomas(PTMCs).Most thyroid small papillary carcinomas have good prognosis,but postoperative recurrence and lymph node me-tastasis also occurs.Here,the current status and progress of prognostic factors for papillary thyroid micro-carcinoma are reviewed.The primary coverage includes clinical information,immunological markers and BRAF genes.