In this issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Michelle M Chen and colleagues1 report their findings on trends in the incidence of thyroid cancer in the USA from 1975 to 2019. The authors show ...

Despite efforts to curb overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer, the issue has continued to plague U.S. healthcare, according to ...

Thyroid cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the thyroid gland. In 2020, there were ...

Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) has long been used as a safe and effective way to evaluate thyroid nodules in ...

From the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil (L.A.P., L.F.G., M.L.) Laboratório de Biologia Vascular, Instituto do Coração (InCor), Hospital ...

Possible causes of an abdominal lump include hernias, lipomas, hematomas, undescended testicles, and tumors. These can appear as an area of swelling or a bulge that protrudes from the abdominal ...

A: Oval (0), solid (1), hypoechoic (1) nodule with regular margin (0) and no calcification (0): 2 ultrasonographic index points. B: Round (0), solid (1), hypoechoic (1) nodule with regular margin ...

The most common cause of hyperthyroidism is Grave’s disease, an autoimmune condition. Other causes include thyroid nodules or thyroiditis (inflammation of thyroid glands). The symptoms of ...

nodule size and number, thyroid function test, and Tc 99m thyroid scan between benign and malignant incidentalomas. US characteristics of solid echostructure, irregular margin, and calcification ...

thyroiditis (thyroid inflammation), thyroid nodules (which produce more thyroid hormone), and consuming an excess amount of iodine. Taking levothyroxine (a medication used to correct ...