Thyroid cancer is a common malignancy of the endocrine system. Nodules are routinely evaluated for malignancy risk by fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB), and in cases such as follicular lesions, differential diagnosis between benign and malignant nodules is highly uncertain. Therefore, the discovery of new biomarkers for this disease could be helpful in improving diagnostic accuracy. Thyroid nodule biopsies w...
Differentiated thyroid cancer is the most common malignancy of the endocrine system. Although most thyroid nodules are benign, given the high incidence of thyroid nodules in the population, it is important to understand the differences between benign and malignant thyroid cancer and the molecular alterations associated with malignancy to improve detection and signal potential diagnostic, prognostic, and therape...
A ecografi a tiroideia é o exame de imagem de primeira linha na investigação da patologia estrutural da tiroide. A utilização de sistemas de classifi cação do risco de malignidade dos nódulos da tiroide, em função das suas características ecográfi cas, veio conferir à ecografi a tiroideia um papel determinante na seleção dos nódulos com indicação para citologia aspirativa com agulha fi na da tiroide. Os relatór...