Thyroid cancers incidentally detected at imaging in a 10-year period: How many cancers would be missed with use of the recommendations from the society of radiologists in ultrasound?

Radiology

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 888-894

  Bahl, Manisha ^a   Sosa, Julie A ^c   Nelson, Rendon C ^b   Hobbs, Hasan A ^d   Wnuk, Nathan M ^e   Hoang, Jenny K ^a  

^a Division of Neuro Radiology   (United States)

^b Division of Abdominal Imaging   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME; YOUNG ADULT;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84901660641     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.13132002     Document Type: Article

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