The Usual Ultrasonographic Features of Thyroid Cancer Are Less Frequent in Small Tumors That Develop After a Long Latent Period After the Chernobyl Radiation Release Accident
Thyroid2009Vol. 19(7), pp. 725–734
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Valentina M. Drozd, М.Л. Лущик, Olga Polyanskaya, Michail V. Fridman, Yuri E. Demidchik, Andrej Lyshchik, Johannes Biko, Christoph Reiners, Yoshisada Shibata, Vladimir Saenko, Shunichi Yamashita
Abstract
Irregular nodule margins, a usual sign of malignancy, are less useful in detecting thyroid cancers in radiation-exposed patients with tumors less than 10 mm. Thyroid cancers that are detected after longer latent periods display less of the US features characteristic of a malignant process, while benign US features are observed more frequently. Therefore, we recommend fine-needle aspiration biopsy to ensure early diagnosis of thyroid cancer for patients with a history of radiation exposure, even if their nodules are less than 10 mm.
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