Optimal upfront surgery with precise and objective image mapping is perhaps the way to go to enhance treatment outcomes and mitigate the use of post-operative radioiodine therapy. With the advent of targeted agents and precision medicine, it is now possible to undertake surgery for very advanced or inoperable differentiated thyroid cancers, followed by appropriate adjuvant treatment.
Keywords: Advanced differentiated thyroid cancers; Comprehensive surgery; Dual imaging; Neoadjuvant targeted therapy.
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