Finally, a recent online survey asking 150 patients to state their choice between total thyroidectomy and thyroid lobectomy found that their choices were, on average, determined for 35% of patients by the risk of cancer recurrence, 28% by the need for a second operation, 19% by the risk of recurrent nerve damage, and 9% by the risk of hypocalcemia and need for thyroid hormone treatment [30]. This evidence concerns the gene TG and cancer.