Open AccessThe Influence of Patient Age on Thyroid Nodule Formation, Multinodularity, and Thyroid Cancer Risk
Author(s) -
Norra Kwong,
Marco Medici,
Trevor E. Angell,
Xiaoyun Liu,
Ellen Marqusee,
Edmund S. Cibas,
Jeffrey F. Krane,
Justine A. Barletta,
Matthew I. Kim,
P. Reed Larsen,
Erik K. Alexander
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2015-3100
Subject(s) - thyroid cancer , nodule (geology) , medicine , thyroid , thyroid nodules , radiology , oncology , biology , paleontology
Although advancing age is known to influence the formation of thyroid nodules, the precise relationship remains unclear. Furthermore, it is uncertain whether age influences the risk that any thyroid nodule may prove cancerous.
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