The natural history of benign thyroid nodules

C Durante, G Costante, G Lucisano, R Bruno… - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
benign and sonographically nonsuspicious thyroid nodules. We report data from the first 5
years of follow-up, including changes in nodule size, baseline factors associated with nodule

Thyroid nodule size and prediction of cancer

SC Kamran, E Marqusee, MI Kim… - The Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
… Because cystic fluid can significantly influence nodule size even though it is felt to be a
benign characteristic, we also considered whether the proportion of cystic content in …

The impact of thyroid nodule size on the risk of malignancy and accuracy of fine-needle aspiration: a 10-year study from a single institution

M Shrestha, BA Crothers, HB Burch - Thyroid, 2012 - liebertpub.com
… FNA has reduced the number of patients referred to surgery for benign thyroid nodules (7).
The use of ultrasound (US) to guide FNA procedures has increased the ability to accurately …

Thyroid nodule size at ultrasound as a predictor of malignancy and final pathologic size

A Cavallo, DN Johnson, MG White, S Siddiqui, T Antic… - Thyroid, 2017 - liebertpub.com
… Most thyroid nodules are benign; therefore, … nodule size and conflicting data regarding
nodule size and malignancy risk, we attempt to determine whether nodule size predicts thyroid

The natural history of the benign thyroid nodule: what is the appropriate follow-up strategy?

S Ajmal, S Rapoport, HR Batlle… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
… Many benign thyroid nodules can slowly increase in size, and this has historically been an
indication for repeat biopsy. In the study by Alexander and colleagues, 16 268 patients with …

Association between thyroid nodule size and malignancy rate

M Jinih, F Faisal, K Abdalla, M Majeed… - The Annals of The …, 2020 - publishing.rcseng.ac.uk
… The false negative rate was defined as thyroid nodules being reported as benign under
fine-needle aspiration cytology but malignant on final histopathological examination after surgery…

Is nodule size an independent predictor of thyroid malignancy?

CR McHenry, ES Huh, RN Machekano - Surgery, 2008 - Elsevier
… In contrast, we found no difference in size between benign and malignant thyroid nodules
among 52 consecutive patients operated on because of an FNAB that was consistent with a …

Relationship between thyroid nodule size and incidence of thyroid cancer

AS El-Gammal, KM Zahran - Menoufia Medical Journal, 2019 - menoufia-med-j.com
… The aim of this study was to study the size of thyroid nodule as a risk factor of thyroid … Most
thyroid nodules are benign; therefore, ultrasound and FNA are integral in cancer screening. …

Differential growth rates of benign vs. malignant thyroid nodules

TE Angell, CM Vyas, M Medici, Z Wang… - The Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
… In this analysis, we included age, sex, nodule size, nodule parenchyma, thyroid cancer
risk, and lymph node metastasis to include histopathologic variables important for clinical …

Follow-up of Benign Thyroid Nodules—Can We Do Less?

M Mohammadi, C Betel, KR Burton… - Canadian …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
… sex of patients; size and other US characteristics of thyroid nodule in the most … thyroid
nodule size change in nodules that underwent repeat FNA; frequency of benign thyroid nodules