Background: Image-guided tumor ablation is commonly performed in clinical practice. Trying
to standardize terminology and data collection to enable a more reliable comparison among …

Standard therapeutic approaches for benign thyroid lesions that warrant intervention are
surgery for cold and either surgery or radioiodine for autonomously functioning thyroid …

Benign thyroid nodules are a common clinical occurrence and usually do not require
treatment unless symptomatic. During the last years, ultrasound-guided minimally invasive …

Objective: Image-guided interventional ultrasound (US) techniques represent diagnostic and
therapeutic tools for non-surgical management of thyroid nodular disease. We sought to …

Background: The primary goal of this interdisciplinary consensus statement is to provide a
framework for the safe adoption and implementation of ablation technologies for benign …

A growing body of evidence is being published regarding the safety and efficacy of
minimally invasive image-guided ablation techniques. While clinical applications of these …

The growing detection of papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMCs) is paralleled by an
increase in surgical procedures. Due to the frequent indolent nature, cost, and risk of …

The recently published guidelines of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in
Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) on interventional ultrasound (INVUS)-guided procedures …

Background: Image-guided laser ablation therapy (LAT) of benign thyroid nodules
demonstrated favorable results in randomized trials with fixed modalities of treatment. The …

Background The use of ultrasound‐guided ablation procedures to treat both benign and
malignant thyroid conditions is gaining increasing interest. This document has been …