Open AccessRisk factors for malignancy in patients with solitary thyroid nodules and their impact on the management
Author(s) -
CongJ Chang,
JunD Tai,
JinL Yang,
SiC Wu,
B. W. Wang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
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.
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