ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Elderly patients may be less likely than younger patients to receive indicated therapy. We hypothesized that older patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) would be less likely to receive total thyroidectomy (TT) than their younger counterparts. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database were queried for adult patients diagnosed with PTC from 2000 through 2009. Patients were categorized according to whether they received a TT or less than a total thyroidectomy (Subject(s)
Carcinoma, Papillary/surgery
, Healthcare Disparities
, Thyroid Neoplasms/surgery
, Thyroidectomy/methods
, Adolescent
, Adult
, Age Factors
, Aged
, Aged, 80 and over
, Female
, Follow-Up Studies
, Humans
, Male
, Middle Aged
, Prognosis
, SEER Program
, Young Adult
