Thyroid nodules: Risk stratification for malignancy with ultrasound and guided biopsy

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-223

  Anil, Gopinathan ^a   Hegde, Amogh ^a   Chong, F H Vincent ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Risk stratification; Thyroid biopsy; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84855437575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2011.0030     Document Type: Review

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