Journal article
Applying TI-RADS in Thyroid Sonography: Clearing Away the Fog
Abstract
Out of every 100 adults living in North America, 4 to 7 will have a palpable thyroid nodule and 19 to 67 will have a non-palpable nodule demonstrated by ultrasound (US). Despite a 2.4X increase in detection of thyroid cancer over the last 30 years, the 5-year mortality rate has been stable at around 2% since 2005. This could be due to many factors, but one apparent significant contributor is the over-diagnosis of malignant nodules, likely based …
Authors
Maniuk T; Kielar AZ; O'Sullivan JP; El-Khodary M; Lochnan H; Odell MJ
Journal
Canadian Journal of Medical Sonography, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 14–21
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Publication Date
January 1, 2017
DOI
10.3138/cjms.v8i1.14
ISSN
1923-0931