Thyroid nodules and thyroid carcinoma

Seventy carcinomas of the thyroid gland were found in 1300 thyroidectomies for an incidence of 5.4%. The incidence of malignancy in single nodules was 9.7% and in multinodular nontoxic goiter 4.3%. The risk of cancer was higher (14.2%) in males than in females (4.3%). The highest incidence of cancer...

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Published inInternational surgery Vol. 60; no. 10; p. 534
Main Authors Gogas, J G, Skalkeas, G D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Italy 01.10.1975
Subjects
Abscess - epidemiology
Adenoma - epidemiology
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Carcinoma - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Goiter, Nodular - diagnosis
Goiter, Nodular - epidemiology
Greece
Humans
Hyperplasia - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Radionuclide Imaging
Sarcoma - epidemiology
Sex Factors
Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnosis
Thyroid Neoplasms - epidemiology
Thyroiditis - epidemiology
Greece
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Summary:Seventy carcinomas of the thyroid gland were found in 1300 thyroidectomies for an incidence of 5.4%. The incidence of malignancy in single nodules was 9.7% and in multinodular nontoxic goiter 4.3%. The risk of cancer was higher (14.2%) in males than in females (4.3%). The highest incidence of cancer was found in children under the age of 10 (40%). Radioactive iodine scintiscanning was of limited help in differentiating benign from malignant nodules. Early surgery is advised for all patients with single thyroid nodules and all thyroid nodules in children should be excised.
ISSN:0020-8868