<prompt> A nodule of 2 cm in left thyroid diagnosed as papillary Ca. Treatment of choice is:HemithyroidectomyTotal thyroidectomyThyroidectomy with radical dissectionRadiotherapy  <response>: Papillary adenocarcinoma accounts for 85 of cancers of the thyroid gland. The tumor usually appears in early adult life and presents as a solitary nodule. For papillary carcinoma over 1 cm, acceptable operations are near-total or total thyroidectomy. For solitary papillary carcinomas less than 1 cm, thyroid lobectomy is adequate treatment. Subtotal or paial lobectomy is contraindicated because the incidence of tumor recurrence is greater and survival is shoer. Ref: Clark O.H. 2010. Chapter 16. Thyroid Parathyroid. In G.M. Dohey Ed, CURRENT Diagnosis Treatment: Surgery, 13e. 