1.Korean Thyroid Association Guidelines on the Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancers; Part II. Follow-up Surveillance after Initial Treatment 2026
Eun Kyung LEE ; Seung Heon KANG ; Bon Seok KOO ; Mijin KIM ; Min Joo KIM ; Bo Hyun KIM ; Ji Won KIM ; Dong Gyu NA ; Sohyun PARK ; Ji-In BANG ; Kyorim BACK ; Youngduk SEO ; Young-Ik SON ; Young Shin SONG ; Dong Yeob SHIN ; Jong-Hyuk AHN ; Hwa Young AHN ; So Won OH ; Ho-Ryun WON ; Won Sang YOO ; Min Kyoung LEE ; Sang-Woo LEE ; Jeongmin LEE ; Ji Ye LEE ; Dong-Jun LIM ; Ki-Wook CHUNG ; Ari CHONG ; Jin Hyang JUNG ; Sun Wook CHO ; Yoon Young CHO ; Chae Moon HONG ; Young Joo PARK ;
International Journal of Thyroidology 2026;19(1):1-40
In patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), initial recurrence risk stratification based on clinical, histopathological, and perioperative data remains the key determinant for guiding management strategies during the first 1-2 years post-treatment. However, the adoption of ongoing risk stratification (ORS), which dynamically reassesses risk by integrating longitudinal clinical data and treatment response, enables more precise long-term prognostic assessment and facilitates highly individualized management. Building upon recent guidelines, the 2026 KTA guideline has been further refined by incorporating robust evidence from large-scale national cohorts and comprehensive systematic reviews. These updated recommendations outline contemporary concepts of ORS, risk-adapted TSH suppression targets, optimized surveillance modalities for recurrence detection, and disease-specific long-term follow-up strategies. Reflecting the paradigm shift toward de-escalated treatment, this revision integrates evolved perspectives on TSH suppression intensity, the clinical interpretation of thyroglobulin levels, and tailored follow-up intervals. These evidence-based recommendations aim to minimize unnecessary treatment and excessive surveillance in the large proportion of patients with excellent prognosis after initial therapy, while ensuring that each patient receives appropriately tailored and effective long-term management.
2.Safety and Efficacy of Venous Coil-Embolization of Type IIa Pelvic Arteriovenous Malformations
Lyo Min KWON ; Sang Yub LEE ; Young Soo DO ; Kwang Bo PARK ; Jun Gon KIM ; Shin-Seok YANG ; Dong-Ik KIM
Korean Journal of Radiology 2025;26(3):239-245
Objective:
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of coil embolization of venous segments in patients with Type IIa pelvic arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).
Materials and Methods:
A retrospective study was performed on 13 patients (median age, 43 years, range 20–62 years, 7 males) who underwent transvenous coil embolization for Type IIa pelvic AVM (characterized by multiple arterioles shunting to focal venous segments of a single draining vein) without the use of additional liquid embolic agents from March 2017 to February 2023. Treatment outcomes were analyzed based on clinical evaluations, post angiography findings, and follow-up CT.
Results:
Fourteen procedures were performed on 13 patients. Except in one patient, all treatments were completed in a single session. Transvenous access was employed in 10 procedures, whereas direct puncture was used in four sessions. The embolization procedures used an average of 55.7 ± 58.5 coils (range, 7–238) and lasted an average of 127.3 ± 39.5 minutes.The technical success rate was 92.9% (of 13/14). All patients reported symptom improvement. Follow-up CT scans showed complete occlusion of the AVM without recurrence in ten of the 13 patients. There was one minor adverse event: a small retroperitoneal hemorrhage, likely related to direct puncture, which resolved spontaneously. No other adverse events were observed.
Conclusion
Coil embolization of the draining vein segment, without the use of additional liquid embolic agents is a safe and effective method for managing Type IIa pelvic AVM.
3.Safety and Efficacy of Venous Coil-Embolization of Type IIa Pelvic Arteriovenous Malformations
Lyo Min KWON ; Sang Yub LEE ; Young Soo DO ; Kwang Bo PARK ; Jun Gon KIM ; Shin-Seok YANG ; Dong-Ik KIM
Korean Journal of Radiology 2025;26(3):239-245
Objective:
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of coil embolization of venous segments in patients with Type IIa pelvic arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).
Materials and Methods:
A retrospective study was performed on 13 patients (median age, 43 years, range 20–62 years, 7 males) who underwent transvenous coil embolization for Type IIa pelvic AVM (characterized by multiple arterioles shunting to focal venous segments of a single draining vein) without the use of additional liquid embolic agents from March 2017 to February 2023. Treatment outcomes were analyzed based on clinical evaluations, post angiography findings, and follow-up CT.
Results:
Fourteen procedures were performed on 13 patients. Except in one patient, all treatments were completed in a single session. Transvenous access was employed in 10 procedures, whereas direct puncture was used in four sessions. The embolization procedures used an average of 55.7 ± 58.5 coils (range, 7–238) and lasted an average of 127.3 ± 39.5 minutes.The technical success rate was 92.9% (of 13/14). All patients reported symptom improvement. Follow-up CT scans showed complete occlusion of the AVM without recurrence in ten of the 13 patients. There was one minor adverse event: a small retroperitoneal hemorrhage, likely related to direct puncture, which resolved spontaneously. No other adverse events were observed.
Conclusion
Coil embolization of the draining vein segment, without the use of additional liquid embolic agents is a safe and effective method for managing Type IIa pelvic AVM.
4.Safety and Efficacy of Venous Coil-Embolization of Type IIa Pelvic Arteriovenous Malformations
Lyo Min KWON ; Sang Yub LEE ; Young Soo DO ; Kwang Bo PARK ; Jun Gon KIM ; Shin-Seok YANG ; Dong-Ik KIM
Korean Journal of Radiology 2025;26(3):239-245
Objective:
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of coil embolization of venous segments in patients with Type IIa pelvic arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).
Materials and Methods:
A retrospective study was performed on 13 patients (median age, 43 years, range 20–62 years, 7 males) who underwent transvenous coil embolization for Type IIa pelvic AVM (characterized by multiple arterioles shunting to focal venous segments of a single draining vein) without the use of additional liquid embolic agents from March 2017 to February 2023. Treatment outcomes were analyzed based on clinical evaluations, post angiography findings, and follow-up CT.
Results:
Fourteen procedures were performed on 13 patients. Except in one patient, all treatments were completed in a single session. Transvenous access was employed in 10 procedures, whereas direct puncture was used in four sessions. The embolization procedures used an average of 55.7 ± 58.5 coils (range, 7–238) and lasted an average of 127.3 ± 39.5 minutes.The technical success rate was 92.9% (of 13/14). All patients reported symptom improvement. Follow-up CT scans showed complete occlusion of the AVM without recurrence in ten of the 13 patients. There was one minor adverse event: a small retroperitoneal hemorrhage, likely related to direct puncture, which resolved spontaneously. No other adverse events were observed.
Conclusion
Coil embolization of the draining vein segment, without the use of additional liquid embolic agents is a safe and effective method for managing Type IIa pelvic AVM.
5.Safety and Efficacy of Venous Coil-Embolization of Type IIa Pelvic Arteriovenous Malformations
Lyo Min KWON ; Sang Yub LEE ; Young Soo DO ; Kwang Bo PARK ; Jun Gon KIM ; Shin-Seok YANG ; Dong-Ik KIM
Korean Journal of Radiology 2025;26(3):239-245
Objective:
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of coil embolization of venous segments in patients with Type IIa pelvic arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).
Materials and Methods:
A retrospective study was performed on 13 patients (median age, 43 years, range 20–62 years, 7 males) who underwent transvenous coil embolization for Type IIa pelvic AVM (characterized by multiple arterioles shunting to focal venous segments of a single draining vein) without the use of additional liquid embolic agents from March 2017 to February 2023. Treatment outcomes were analyzed based on clinical evaluations, post angiography findings, and follow-up CT.
Results:
Fourteen procedures were performed on 13 patients. Except in one patient, all treatments were completed in a single session. Transvenous access was employed in 10 procedures, whereas direct puncture was used in four sessions. The embolization procedures used an average of 55.7 ± 58.5 coils (range, 7–238) and lasted an average of 127.3 ± 39.5 minutes.The technical success rate was 92.9% (of 13/14). All patients reported symptom improvement. Follow-up CT scans showed complete occlusion of the AVM without recurrence in ten of the 13 patients. There was one minor adverse event: a small retroperitoneal hemorrhage, likely related to direct puncture, which resolved spontaneously. No other adverse events were observed.
Conclusion
Coil embolization of the draining vein segment, without the use of additional liquid embolic agents is a safe and effective method for managing Type IIa pelvic AVM.
6.Safety and Efficacy of Venous Coil-Embolization of Type IIa Pelvic Arteriovenous Malformations
Lyo Min KWON ; Sang Yub LEE ; Young Soo DO ; Kwang Bo PARK ; Jun Gon KIM ; Shin-Seok YANG ; Dong-Ik KIM
Korean Journal of Radiology 2025;26(3):239-245
Objective:
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of coil embolization of venous segments in patients with Type IIa pelvic arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).
Materials and Methods:
A retrospective study was performed on 13 patients (median age, 43 years, range 20–62 years, 7 males) who underwent transvenous coil embolization for Type IIa pelvic AVM (characterized by multiple arterioles shunting to focal venous segments of a single draining vein) without the use of additional liquid embolic agents from March 2017 to February 2023. Treatment outcomes were analyzed based on clinical evaluations, post angiography findings, and follow-up CT.
Results:
Fourteen procedures were performed on 13 patients. Except in one patient, all treatments were completed in a single session. Transvenous access was employed in 10 procedures, whereas direct puncture was used in four sessions. The embolization procedures used an average of 55.7 ± 58.5 coils (range, 7–238) and lasted an average of 127.3 ± 39.5 minutes.The technical success rate was 92.9% (of 13/14). All patients reported symptom improvement. Follow-up CT scans showed complete occlusion of the AVM without recurrence in ten of the 13 patients. There was one minor adverse event: a small retroperitoneal hemorrhage, likely related to direct puncture, which resolved spontaneously. No other adverse events were observed.
Conclusion
Coil embolization of the draining vein segment, without the use of additional liquid embolic agents is a safe and effective method for managing Type IIa pelvic AVM.
7.Time-dependent Efficacy and Safety of Eplerenone for Central Serous Chorioretinopathy:Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials
Gyudeok HWANG ; Ji Young LEE ; Won-Kyung CHO ; Dae Seon KIM ; Dong Ik KIM ; Jeong Ah SHIN
Journal of Retina 2024;9(1):41-51
Purpose:
We sought to evaluate the time-dependent efficacy and safety of eplerenone for central serous chorioretinopathy.
Methods:
A systematic search was performed from inception to May 2023 in the Medline, EMBASE, and Cochrane literature databases to find randomized controlled trials that have administered oral eplerenone therapy to central serous chorioretinopathy patients.
Results:
Five randomized controlled trials were included in the final analysis. Among a total of 252 central serous chorioretinopathy patients, 134 were included in the eplerenone group and 118 were included in the control group. The best-corrected visual acuity was statistically significantly improved in the eplerenone group compared to the control group (95% confidence interval [CI], -0.08 to -0.02; p = 0.001). After meta-analysis was performed at each follow-up point, it was found that eplerenone statistically significantly improved the best-corrected visual acuity compared to the control group at 2 and 3 months after starting oral eplerenone therapy, but there was no statistically significant difference at 6 months. Subretinal fluid, chorioretinal thickness, central macular thickness, and complications showed no statistically significant differences between the eplerenone and control groups (p = 0.43, 0.67, 0.64, and 0.12, respectively). The difference in the risk of complications occurring between the eplerenone and control groups also didn’t show statistical significance (p = 0.12).
Conclusions
Although eplerenone is not superior to a control protocol when considering anatomical improvements, the best-corrected visual acuity seems to improve up to 3 months superiorly compared to in the control group when oral eplerenone therapy is administered for central serous chorioretinopathy. In addition, the complications of eplerenone are tolerable. Therefore, clinically short-term use of eplerenone up to 3 months in central serous chorioretinopathy patients can be considered.
8.Chemotherapy response score no longer predicts survival outcomes in high-grade serous ovarian cancer patients with BRCA mutation and/or maintenance therapy
Young Joo LEE ; Yoon Kyung SHIN ; Nae Ry KIM ; Se Ik KIM ; Yoo-Young LEE ; Jeong-Yeol PARK ; Jae-Weon KIM ; Hyun-Woong CHO ; Jung-Yun LEE
Journal of Gynecologic Oncology 2024;35(6):e73-
Objective:
We aimed to revalidate the chemotherapy response score (CRS) system as a prognostic factor for ovarian cancer patients with breast cancer gene (BRCA) mutations or those receiving frontline poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors or bevacizumab as maintenance therapy.
Methods:
A retrospective analysis was performed using medical records of patients with high-grade serous carcinoma who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by interval debulking surgery between January 2007 and December 2021 at 5 tertiary medical institutions in South Korea. At each hospital, pathologists independently assessed each slide of omental tissues obtained from surgery using the CRS system. Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) values were obtained using Kaplan-Meier analysis to evaluate the effect of BRCA mutation, maintenance therapy, and CRS on survival time.
Results:
Of 466 patients, BRCA mutations were detected in 156 (33.5%) and 131 (28.1%) were treated with maintenance therapy; 98 (21.0%) and 42 (9.0%) were treated with PARP inhibitors or bevacizumab, respectively. Patients with CRS3 had significantly longer PFS than those with CRS1 or 2 (24.7 vs. 16.8 months, p<0.001). However, there was no significant difference in PFS improvement between CRS3 patients and those with CRS1 or 2 with BRCA mutation (22.0 vs. 19.3 months, p=0.193). Moreover, no significant PFS prolongation was observed in CRS3 patients compared to CRS1 or 2 patients treated with PARP inhibitors or bevacizumab (24.3 vs. 22.4 months, p=0.851; 27.5 vs. 15.7 months, p=0.347, respectively).
Conclusion
CRS may not be a prognostic factor in patients with BRCA mutations and those receiving frontline maintenance therapy.
9.Chemotherapy response score no longer predicts survival outcomes in high-grade serous ovarian cancer patients with BRCA mutation and/or maintenance therapy
Young Joo LEE ; Yoon Kyung SHIN ; Nae Ry KIM ; Se Ik KIM ; Yoo-Young LEE ; Jeong-Yeol PARK ; Jae-Weon KIM ; Hyun-Woong CHO ; Jung-Yun LEE
Journal of Gynecologic Oncology 2024;35(6):e73-
Objective:
We aimed to revalidate the chemotherapy response score (CRS) system as a prognostic factor for ovarian cancer patients with breast cancer gene (BRCA) mutations or those receiving frontline poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors or bevacizumab as maintenance therapy.
Methods:
A retrospective analysis was performed using medical records of patients with high-grade serous carcinoma who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by interval debulking surgery between January 2007 and December 2021 at 5 tertiary medical institutions in South Korea. At each hospital, pathologists independently assessed each slide of omental tissues obtained from surgery using the CRS system. Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) values were obtained using Kaplan-Meier analysis to evaluate the effect of BRCA mutation, maintenance therapy, and CRS on survival time.
Results:
Of 466 patients, BRCA mutations were detected in 156 (33.5%) and 131 (28.1%) were treated with maintenance therapy; 98 (21.0%) and 42 (9.0%) were treated with PARP inhibitors or bevacizumab, respectively. Patients with CRS3 had significantly longer PFS than those with CRS1 or 2 (24.7 vs. 16.8 months, p<0.001). However, there was no significant difference in PFS improvement between CRS3 patients and those with CRS1 or 2 with BRCA mutation (22.0 vs. 19.3 months, p=0.193). Moreover, no significant PFS prolongation was observed in CRS3 patients compared to CRS1 or 2 patients treated with PARP inhibitors or bevacizumab (24.3 vs. 22.4 months, p=0.851; 27.5 vs. 15.7 months, p=0.347, respectively).
Conclusion
CRS may not be a prognostic factor in patients with BRCA mutations and those receiving frontline maintenance therapy.
10.Chemotherapy response score no longer predicts survival outcomes in high-grade serous ovarian cancer patients with BRCA mutation and/or maintenance therapy
Young Joo LEE ; Yoon Kyung SHIN ; Nae Ry KIM ; Se Ik KIM ; Yoo-Young LEE ; Jeong-Yeol PARK ; Jae-Weon KIM ; Hyun-Woong CHO ; Jung-Yun LEE
Journal of Gynecologic Oncology 2024;35(6):e73-
Objective:
We aimed to revalidate the chemotherapy response score (CRS) system as a prognostic factor for ovarian cancer patients with breast cancer gene (BRCA) mutations or those receiving frontline poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors or bevacizumab as maintenance therapy.
Methods:
A retrospective analysis was performed using medical records of patients with high-grade serous carcinoma who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by interval debulking surgery between January 2007 and December 2021 at 5 tertiary medical institutions in South Korea. At each hospital, pathologists independently assessed each slide of omental tissues obtained from surgery using the CRS system. Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) values were obtained using Kaplan-Meier analysis to evaluate the effect of BRCA mutation, maintenance therapy, and CRS on survival time.
Results:
Of 466 patients, BRCA mutations were detected in 156 (33.5%) and 131 (28.1%) were treated with maintenance therapy; 98 (21.0%) and 42 (9.0%) were treated with PARP inhibitors or bevacizumab, respectively. Patients with CRS3 had significantly longer PFS than those with CRS1 or 2 (24.7 vs. 16.8 months, p<0.001). However, there was no significant difference in PFS improvement between CRS3 patients and those with CRS1 or 2 with BRCA mutation (22.0 vs. 19.3 months, p=0.193). Moreover, no significant PFS prolongation was observed in CRS3 patients compared to CRS1 or 2 patients treated with PARP inhibitors or bevacizumab (24.3 vs. 22.4 months, p=0.851; 27.5 vs. 15.7 months, p=0.347, respectively).
Conclusion
CRS may not be a prognostic factor in patients with BRCA mutations and those receiving frontline maintenance therapy.

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