Thyroid nodule screening
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mahshid Mir, M.D. [2]
Overview
Overview
According to USPSTF, screening for thyroid cancer is not recommended and there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for thyroid nodule.
Screening
Screening
- According to the USPSTF, there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for thyroid nodule in United States.[1]
- Most countries do not recommend routine screening for thyroid nodules, however in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, a new intensive screening program was adopted in 2014 for children and adolescents group, in response to the 2011 nuclear accident.
- The result showed an approxiamtely 30 times thyroid cancer incidence as high as the national average among the screened children and adolescents. [2]
References
References
- ↑ “Final Update Summary: Thyroid Cancer: Screening – US Preventive Services Task Force”.
- ↑ Tsuda T, Tokinobu A, Yamamoto E, Suzuki E (2016). “Thyroid Cancer Detection by Ultrasound Among Residents Ages 18 Years and Younger in Fukushima, Japan: 2011 to 2014”. Epidemiology. 27 (3): 316–22. doi:10.1097/EDE.0000000000000385. PMC 4820668. PMID 26441345.
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