A new and simple risk-stratification system based on thyroid-nodule features seen on ultrasound can determine whether a nodule needs a fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy to detect potential cancer or ...

Researchers have called for simplified guidelines on when to biopsy thyroid nodules for cancer, which they say would result in fewer unnecessary biopsies. A team led by UC San Francisco researchers ...

Use of the capillary action technique (nonaspiration) in fine-needle biopsy of routine thyroid nodules significantly reduces rates of nondiagnostic cytopathology compared with aspiration, and the use ...

Thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNA)-cytology is widely used for the preoperative characterisation of thyroid nodules but this task is difficult for follicular lesions, which often remain ...

The prevalence of benign thyroid nodules is high and there are certain ultrasound features, suggesting malignancy, that can help radiologists determine whether or not a biopsy is needed, according to ...

Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, today announced a new molecular test panel designed to help physicians determine if a ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to identify thyroid nodules seen on thyroid ultrasound that are very unlikely to be cancerous, reducing a large number of unnecessary biopsies, according to a ...

Thyroid nodules, or lumps, are very common. Most aren’t cancer. Your thyroid is the small, butterfly-shaped gland usually located at the bottom front of your neck. If you have a lump on it, chances ...

Stryper frontman Michael Sweet has revealed he has been diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer, the most common of this type ...