Factors associated with diagnosis and treatment of thyroid microcarcinomas

NH Esfandiari, DT Hughes… - The Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Context Nearly one-third of all thyroid cancers are≤ 1 cm. Objective To determine
diagnostic pathways for microcarcinomas vs larger cancers. Design/Setting/Participants …

Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound features in thyroid microcarcinomas

YJ Choi, SM Kim, SI Choi - Endocrine journal, 2008 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Objective: To establish the usefulness of specific ultrasound (US) features as indications for
ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in incidentally found …

Active surveillance in thyroid microcarcinoma in a Latin-American cohort

A Sanabria - JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| This is a report of a prospective cohort from a head and neck cancer center in
Medellín, Colombia. All patients were referred to the author as potential candidates for …

Nonoperative management of differentiated thyroid cancer in California: a population-level analysis of 29,978 patients

EJ Kuo, JX Wu, N Li, KA Zanocco, MW Yeh, MJ Livhits - Endocrine Practice, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective: There has been increasing interest in active surveillance of papillary thyroid
microcarcinoma. The objective of this study was to characterize the incidence and outcomes …

Predictive factors for active surveillance of subcentimeter thyroid nodules with highly suspicious US features

HM Gweon, EJ Son, JA Kim, JH Youk - Annals of surgical oncology, 2017 - Springer
Purpose This study was designed to assess the outcomes of subcentimeter thyroid nodules
with highly suspicious ultrasonography (US) features and to investigate the predictive factors …

[HTML][HTML] 1.5–2 cm tumor size was not associated with distant metastasis and mortality in small thyroid cancer: A population-based study

K Han, EK Kim, JY Kwak - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Most guidelines for the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules have suggested fine-
needle aspiration as a diagnostic tool, with some of these previously published guidelines …

Understanding pathways to the diagnosis of thyroid cancer: are there ways we can reduce over-diagnosis?

ST Rahman, DSA McLeod, N Pandeya, RE Neale… - Thyroid, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Background: The incidence of thyroid cancer has rapidly increased, and ecological
evidence suggests this is due in some part to over-diagnosis. Understanding pathways to …

From macro to micro thyroid carcinoma: records of a clinical hospital from 1991 to 2010

L Mosso, C Campusano, H Gonzalez… - Revista Medica de …, 2013 - europepmc.org
Background The prevalence of thyroid cancer has increased, particularly in nodules smaller
than 10 mm, probably due to the growing use of routine thyroid ultrasound. There is …

Detection of malignancy among suspicious thyroid nodules< 1 cm on ultrasound with various thyroid image reporting and data systems

SM Ha, JK Kim, JH Baek - Thyroid, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Background: In patients undergoing active surveillance of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma,
definitive therapy—usually preceded by a definitive diagnostic procedure—is not …

Prevalence and prediction for malignancy of additional thyroid nodules coexisting with proven papillary thyroid microcarcinoma

SY Choi, SH Woo, JH Shin, N Choi… - … --Head and Neck …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of ultrasonographic (US) classification of
additional thyroid nodules coexisting with proven papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) …