Open AccessRisk factors for malignancy in patients with solitary thyroid nodules and their impact on the management
Author(s) -
Jun D Tai,
Yang Jin,
Si C Wu,
Bin W Wang,
Cong J Chang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.103516
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , thyroid nodules , thyroidectomy , radiology , thyroid , pathological , logistic regression , nodule (geology) , risk factor , surgery , paleontology , biology
Presently it is difficult to differentiate malignancy for thyroid nodules by palpation, ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) at the outpatient department, especially for solitary thyroid nodule (STN). So a great emphasis should be placed on the STN.