… and positron emission tomography scans that incidentally detect thyroid nodules. Thyroid
cancer is divided into several main types, with papillary thyroid cancer being the most common…

… Once the diagnosis of malignant disease is confirmed by his… began with thyroid function
studies and a radionuclide scan. … used for the diagnostic evaluation of a thyroid nodule. In …

… thyroid cancer diagnosis and management. Additionally, we aim to highlight emerging diagnostic
techniques that aim to improve diagnostic … SPECT scans is an important diagnostic tool …

… We hypothesized that imaging use after a diagnosis of thyroid cancer would decrease over
… that these scans are more likely to be performed for indications other than thyroid cancer. …

Historically, in addition to clinical examination, the evaluation of thyroid nodules has relied
on radionuclide imaging (iodine and technetium), although other imaging methods also have …

… lower dose diagnostic scans. During a 16-month period, we studied 81 patients (64 with …
thyroid cancer and 17 with follicular thyroid cancer), who had both a diagnostic wholebody scan …

… Patients with thyroid cancer cells lacking radioiodine uptake on radioiodine diagnostic
whole body scintigraphy despite their elevated serum Tg level have been referred to as scan-…

… nodules on ultrasound, and emerging approaches using CT scan, FDG-PET and MRI
may better refine the estimation for the risk of malignancy but none are conclusive enough to …

… thyroid cancer and nodule size on an ultrasound scan can help to determine the need for
further diagnostic … Once the results of a thyroid FNA are available, the risk of thyroid cancer can …

… A diagnostic scan may visualize thyroid remnants and tumor foci, and quantify uptake in …
thyroidectomy, a diagnostic scan may be useful to ascertain the extent of residual thyroid tissue. …