A Loyola Medicine study has found that new ultrasound guidelines can reliably identify pediatric patients who should be biopsied for thyroid cancer. The study by radiologist Jennifer Lim-Dunham ...

Nine specialists from disciplines involved in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer agreed upon protocol for ultrasound evaluation for thyroid gland and nodules and cervical lymph nodes ...

“Compared with other existing guidelines, many of which are complicated to apply ... The research team analyzed the medical records of 8,806 patients who underwent 11,618 thyroid ultrasound ...

Ultrasound should be performed in all ... tool for patients with one or more clinically relevant thyroid nodules Practice guidelines are documents developed by a group of experts to facilitate ...

Thyroid cancers are greatly over-diagnosed ... of experts have now published American College of Radiology guidelines for an ultrasound-based risk stratification system to identify nodules that ...

In a survey of over 600 physicians, many physicians ordered thyroid ultrasound for clinically unsupported reasons conflicting with clinical guidelines, including for positive thyroid antibodies ...

It also outlines a typical thyroid ultrasound procedure and its limitations. Finally, it answers some common questions about thyroid ultrasounds. An ultrasound is a kind of medical imaging ...

There are many anatomic variations, developmental abnormalities and pathologies that are incidentally found during a thyroid ultrasound exam. Society guidelines and expert recommendations by the ...

As many as one-third of doctors may be sending patients for a thyroid ultrasound for reasons not supported by guidelines, a new study finds. The use of ultrasound to detect thyroid cancer has led ...

Patients who don’t want to follow the standard medical protocol find it difficult ... office to talk about my stupid thyroid. He sends me for a thyroid ultrasound and four nodules ...

Thyroid cancers are greatly over-diagnosed ... of experts have now published American College of Radiology guidelines for an ultrasound-based risk stratification system to identify nodules that ...