Table 1

Updates of the guidelines, and consensus on the recommendation of active surveillance management for low risk papillary thyroid microcarcinomas after active surveillance outcomes from Kuma Hospital were published in 2014†

AffiliationPublication yearStatement typeActive surveillanceImmediate surgeryReference
BTA2014Guideline○●24
ATA2015Guideline●○10
Netherlands2015Guideline○●25
CATO2016Consensus◑●26
UK national multidisciplinary2016Guideline○●27
KTA2016Guideline●●28
NHCC2018Guideline○●29
Italian‡2018Consensus●●30
Polish§2018Guideline○●31
JAES2018Guideline●○32
ESMO2019Guideline●○33
SEOM2019Guideline○●34
NCCN2019Guideline●○11
African2019Guideline●●35
AAES2020Guideline●○36

CATO, Chinese Association of Thyroid Oncology; ATA, American Thyroid Association; AAES, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons; BTA, British Thyroid Association; ESMO, European Society for Medical Oncology; JAES, Japan Associations of Endocrine Surgeons; KTA, Korean Thyroid Association; NCCN, National Comprehensive Cancer Network; NHCC, National Health Commission of China; SEOM, Spanish Society for Medical Oncology. ○ Not Recommended; ● recommended; ◑ selective under strict conditions. †For search strategies, see Supplement 1. ‡Joint statements of six Italian societies: the Italian Thyroid Association, the Medical Endocrinology Association, the Italian Society of Endocrinology, the Italian Association of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, the Italian Society of Unified Endocrine Surgery and the Italian Society of Anatomic Pathology and Diagnostic Cytology. §Joint statements of Polish national societies: the Polish Endocrine Society, Polish Society of Oncology, Polish Thyroid Association, Polish Society of Pathologists, Society of Polish Surgeons, Polish Society of Surgical Oncology, Polish Society of Clinical Oncology, Polish Society of Radiation Oncology, Polish Society of Nuclear Medicine, Polish Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, Polish Society of Pediatric Surgeons, Polish Society of Ultrasonography.