# OnCo record active-surveillance-thyroid (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/technologies/active-surveillance-thyroid/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "active-surveillance-thyroid" ;
  schema:name "Active surveillance of papillary microcarcinoma"@en ;
  schema:description "Active surveillance watches papillary thyroid cancers of 1 cm or less with ultrasound every 6 to 12 months instead of operating, because about 90% stay stable over a decade and delayed surgery works as well when needed. It is not suitable for tumours next to the windpipe or the voice nerve, and uptake outside Japan and Korea is still low."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/active-surveillance-thyroid/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-07"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2013.0367> ;
  onco:status "established" ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/thyroid/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/ultrasound/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/active-surveillance/> ;
  onco:institutions <https://onco.cc/institutions/mskcc/> .