Investigating the effect of thyroid nodule location on the risk of thyroid cancer.

CONCLUSIONS: Thyroid nodule location is an independent risk factor in predicting the risk of thyroid cancer. Isthmic nodules carry the highest risk of cancer diagnosis and lower lobe nodules carry the lowest risk.
PMID: 31910102 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - January 9, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Thyroid Source Type: research