Predicting malignancy in thyroid nodules: feasibility of a predictive model integrating clinical, biochemical, and ultrasound characteristics

BACKGROUND: Although the majority of thyroid nodules are benign the process of excluding malignancy is challenging and sometimes involves unnecessary surgical procedures. We explored the development of a predictive model for malignancy in thyroid nodules by integrating a combination of simple demogr...

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Autores principales: Witczak, Justyna, Taylor, Peter, Chai, Jason, Amphlett, Bethan, Soukias, Jean-Marc, Das, Gautam, Tennant, Brian P., Geen, John, Okosieme, Onyebuchi E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4910190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27313663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13044-016-0033-y

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