Using the 3-tiered system for categorizing workup of incidental thyroid nodules detected on CT, MRI, or PET/CT: How many cancers would be missed?

Thyroid

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1772-1778

  Bahl, Manisha ^a   Sosa, Julie A ^a   Eastwood, James D ^a   Hobbs, Hasan A ^b   Nelson, Rendon C ^a   Hoang, Jenny K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 TIERED SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL THYROID NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84916903993     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2014.0066     Document Type: Article

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