Crucial parameters in thyroid carcinoma reporting - challenges, controversies, and clinical implications

Abstract

In the modern era, a pathology report of thyroid carcinoma requires the inclusion of numerous prognostically relevant histopathologic features, e.g. the presence and extent of vascular and capsular invasion, extrathyroidal extension, the surgical margin status, and the characteristics of nodal metastasis. These pathologic features are crucial components of the initial risk stratification to determine the need for completion thyroidectomy and/or post-operative radioactive iodine ablation therapy. The current review aims to summarize the diagnostic criteria, the controversies, the prognostic impacts, and the challenges of these pathologic characteristics, focusing specifically on the parameters that are incorporated into the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system, College of American Pathologists (CAP) reporting template, American Thyroid Association (ATA), and National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines.

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