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    JCEM: Thyroid Nodule Shape Predicts Thyroid Cancer Risk

    • Last Update: 2022-05-13
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    Over the past few decades, incidental detection of thyroid nodules has become common with the spread of cross-sectional imaging techniques


    Over the past few decades, incidental detection of thyroid nodules has become common with the spread of cross-sectional imaging techniques


    A study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, a leading journal in the field of endocrine and metabolic diseases, aims to determine whether the shape of thyroid nodules is independently associated with cancer risk


    This prospective cohort study was conducted in a single large academic medical system in the United States


    diagnosis

    Compared with benign nodules, malignant nodules had a significantly lower ratio of long and short nodules, indicating a higher risk of malignancy in spherical nodules [1.


    It can be seen that the more spherical the thyroid nodule (length ratio is close to 1.


    The more spherical the thyroid nodule (length-to-shorter ratio close to 1.


    Original source:

    Theodora Pappa, et al.


    Thyroid nodule shape independently predicts risk of malignancy

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