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Revised Thyroid Cancer Guidelines Recommend Reduced Use of FNA, Radioactive Iodine
Revised Thyroid Cancer Guidelines Recommend Reduced Use of FNA, Radioactive Iodine
J Frieden
20090830
2009 Sept 30
Elsevier Global Medical News
Revised Thyroid Cancer Guidelines Recommend Reduced Use of FNA, Radioactive Iodine
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2009 Sept 30, J Frieden
Revised thyroid cancer guidelines from the American Thyroid Association call for less use of fine-needle aspiration and of radioiodine, based on evidence that in some circumstances, more treatment did not necessarily yield better outcomes.Under the new guidelines, "fewer people are going to have a biopsy of their thyroid nodule because we now have ultrasound-based criteria for which nodules should be biopsied, not just based on the size of the nodule but on the way they look on ultrasound," Dr. David...