Background Thyroid cancer incidence rates have been increasing worldwide but the reason
behind this is unclear. Both the increasing use of diagnostic technologies allowing the …

Background: Seventy-five percent of thyroid nodules with indeterminate fine-needle
aspiration (FNA) cytology are found to be benign postoperatively. A novel genomic test, the …

BACKGROUND: The prognostic role of lymph node metastases in well-differentiated thyroid
carcinoma remains controversial. We investigated impact of lymph node involvement on …

Background: The incidence of thyroid cancer has increased worldwide. The country where
the incidence has increased most is South Korea. The goal of this study is to understand the …

Objectives—This report presents national estimates of hospital inpatient care in the United
States during 2006 and selected trend data. Numbers and rates of discharges, diagnoses …

Background To provide population-based estimates of trends in thyroid nodule fine-needle
aspirations (FNA) and operative volumes, we used multiple claims databases to quantify …

Background: In most staging systems, 45 years of age is used to differentiate low risk thyroid
cancer from high risk thyroid cancer. However, recent studies have questioned both the …

Background: Patients with insulin resistance (IR) have a higher prevalence of thyroid
nodules. In the present study, we present original data showing that patients with …

Background The steadily increasing incidence of thyroid cancer has been attributed mostly
to more sensitive thyroid nodule screening. However, various environmental factors, such as …

Background: Thyroid cancer incidence is increasing throughout the world. Most studies
attribute this rise entirely to the increase in papillary carcinoma, the most common thyroid …