A standardized assessment of thyroid nodules in children confirms higher cancer prevalence than in adults

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3238-3245

  Gupta, Anjuli ^a   Ly, Samantha ^a   Castroneves, Luciana A ^a   Frates, Mary C ^b   Benson, Carol B ^b   Feldman, Henry A ^a   Wassner, Ari J ^a,b   Smith, Jessica R ^a,b   Marqusee, Ellen ^b,c   Alexander, Erik K ^b,c   Barletta, Justine ^b   Doubilet, Peter M ^b   Peters, Hope E ^b   Webb, Susan ^a   Modi, Biren P ^a   Paltiel, Harriet J ^a   Kozakewich, Harry ^a   Cibas, Edmund S ^b   Moore Jr , Francis D ^b   Shamberger, Robert C ^a   Larsen, P Reed ^b,c   Huang, Stephen A ^a,b,c   more..

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84881509833     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-1796     Document Type: Article

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