Thyroid nodules: Does the suspicion for malignancy really justify the increased thyroidectomy rates?

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-55

  Sakorafas, George H ^a   Peros, George ^a   Farley, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Goiter; Incidentalomas; Nodule; Thyroid; Tumor; Ultrasound; Unnecessary surgery

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCITONIN; IODINE 123; IODINE 131; LEVOTHYROXINE; LIOTHYRONINE; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ABSCESS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; GRANULOMATOSIS; GRAVES DISEASE; HEAD; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LABORATORY TEST; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NECK; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; TERATOMA; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID CYST; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROID SUPPRESSION THERAPY; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 33747880071     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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