Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology Implementation and Malignancy Rates in Children and Adolescents Based on Japanese Guidelines: The Fukushima Health Management Survey

• Published in: Thyroid (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 31; no. 11; pp. 1683 - 1692
• Main Authors: Shimura, Hiroki, Matsuzuka, Takashi, Suzuki, Satoru, Iwadate, Manabu, Suzuki, Satoshi, Yokoya, Susumu, Ohira, Tetsuya, Yasumura, Seiji, Suzuki, Shinichi, Ohto, Hitoshi, Kamiya, Kenji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 01.11.2021
• Subjects: Adolescent; Biopsy, Fine-Needle; Child; Child, Preschool; Cytodiagnosis - methods; Female; Fukushima Nuclear Accident; Health Surveys; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Japan - epidemiology; Male; Thyroid Cancer and Nodules; Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Thyroid Neoplasms - epidemiology; Thyroid Neoplasms - etiology; Thyroid Neoplasms - pathology; Thyroid Nodule - diagnostic imaging; Thyroid Nodule - epidemiology; Thyroid Nodule - etiology; Thyroid Nodule - pathology; Ultrasonography; Japan; Fukushima; thyroid cancer; children; ultrasonography; fine needle aspiration cytology

Background: The thyroid ultrasound examination (TUE) program was initiated among the residents of Fukushima Prefecture aged ≤18 years at the time of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. In this program, fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) was performed only in cases that conformed...