All other endocrine diagnoses can generally be deferred.
***Some anaplastic, poorly differentiated, and advanced progressive differentiated and medullary cancers require major surgery such as laryngectomy, tracheal resection, and/or sternotomy. These more advanced and complex cases should be considered in alignment with available hospital resources.
Phase III. Hospital resources are all routed to COVID 19 patients, no ventilator or ICU capacity, OR supplies exhausted.