The definition and histology of minimal thyroid cancer has been discussed by Böcker et al. in this meeting. The paper presented here will, therefore, deal with the clinical consequences of minimal thyroid carcinoma, i.e., diagnosis, therapy and follow-up. However, a few additional data of general interest are included.KeywordsThyroid CarcinomaPapillary Thyroid CarcinomaThyroid NoduleTotal ThyroidectomyPapillary CarcinomaThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.