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case_images: (A) Bubble plot. PTMC, papillary thyroid microcarcinoma; AS, active surveillance; ES, early surgery; HT, hemithyroidectomy; TT, total thyroidectomy; LND, lymph node dissection. (B) Markov model structure. PTMC, papillary thyroid microcarcinoma; AS, active surveillance; ES, early surgery; LND, lymph node dissection.
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case_images: Therefore, even though AS was consistently more expensive than ES, it was also more effective ( Supplementary Figure 1 ;  Table 2 ). We concluded that AS remained cost-effective regardless of the age at which patients were initially monitored ( Supplementary Figure 1 ;  Table 2 ).