Thyroid carcinoma is rare among human malignancies (! 1%) but is the most frequent
endocrine cancer, accounting for about 5% of thyroid nodules (1). The latter are very …

Papillary and follicular thyroid cancer, together referred to as differentiated thyroid cancer
(DTC), is usually curable when discovered at an early stage. Its management, however, is …

Background Approximately 15 to 30% of thyroid nodules evaluated by means of fine-needle
aspiration are not clearly benign or malignant. Patients with cytologically indeterminate …

Objective Thyroidectomy may be performed for clinical indications that include malignancy,
benign nodules or cysts, suspicious findings on fine needle aspiration biopsy, dysphagia …

The aim of the study was to correlate the sonographic [ultrasound (US)] and color-Doppler
(CFD) findings with the results of US-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) and of …

This analysis was performed to determine the effect of initial therapy on the outcomes of
thyroid cancer patients. The study setting was a prospectively followed multi-institutional …

Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is an uncommon malignancy of the thyroid. Only 1‐2% of
thyroid cancers are anaplastic, but the disease contributes to 14–50% of the mortality with a …

Recent studies have provided new information regarding the optimal surveillance protocols
for low-risk patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). This article summarizes the …

Papillary carcinoma is the most common type of thyroid malignancy. It has been recently
shown that these tumors commonly have one of three genetic alterations: BRAF point …

Introduction Over the past years, the incidence of thyroid cancer has surged not only in
Germany but also in other countries of the Western hemisphere. This surge was first and …