Patients whose thyroid cancer is incidentally discovered on imaging performed for reasons other than evaluation of the thyroid gland tend to be older, male and have a higher stage of the disease at diagnosis, but there did not appear to be differences in tumor characteristics such as size and metastases compared with patients whose cancer was found after targeted thyroid evaluation, according to a study published Online First by JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery...
No comments:
Post a Comment