PURPOSE: Understanding the method of thyroid cancer detection has potential implications on interpreting incidence rates, the diagnosis and management of thyroid cancer. We conducted a systematic review of studies reporting ...

Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) represents 80%-85% of thyroid cancer and its prevalence has been rising in the last decades. Primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) accounts for 3% of extranodal lymphomas and about 5% of thyroid ...

Objectives: To determine ultrasound (US) and clinical findings of thyroid microcalcifications in the absence of a nodule and their association with the risk of malignancy. Methods: The Institutional Review Board approved ...

The aims of these recommendations were to develop clinical guidelines for evaluation and mana-gement of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer applicable to Latin American countries. The panel was composed by 13 members ...

We retrospectively analyzed the findings of a prospective cohort of 75 children referred for thyroid nodules between2008 and 2013. Prevalence of papillary differentiated thyroid carcinoma was 18.7%. Thyrotropin >2.5 mIU/L, ...

Although uncommon, thyroid cancer constitutes the main endocrine neoplasia with an incidence rate that has been increasing steadily over the past decades. Recently, remarkable advances have occurred in understanding the ...

BACKGROUND: In contrast to the rapid increase in thyroid cancer incidence, the mortality has remained low and stable over the last decades. In Ecuador, however, thyroid cancer mortality has increased. The objective of ...