8. Incidental thyroid nodule with Jenny Hoang

Jenny shares the radiology journey she went on that ultimately led to the ACR incidental thyroid nodule white paper guidelines. A list of references is included below. 

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Hoang JK, Langer JE, Middleton WD, Wu CC, Hammers LW, Cronan JJ, Tessler FN, Grant EG, Berland LL. Managing incidental thyroid nodules detected on imaging: white paper of the ACR Incidental Thyroid Findings Committee. J Am Coll Radiol. 2015 Feb;12(2):143-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.09.038. Epub 2014 Nov 1. PMID: 25456025.

Smith-Bindman R, Lebda P, Feldstein VA, Sellami D, Goldstein RB, Brasic N, Jin C, Kornak J. Risk of thyroid cancer based on thyroid ultrasound imaging characteristics: results of a population-based study. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Oct 28;173(19):1788-96. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.9245. PMID: 23978950; PMCID: PMC3936789.

Nguyen XV, Choudhury KR, Eastwood JD, Lyman GH, Esclamado RM, Werner JD, Hoang JK. Incidental thyroid nodules on CT: evaluation of 2 risk-categorization methods for work-up of nodules. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2013 Sep;34(9):1812-7. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A3487. Epub 2013 Apr 4. PMID: 23557957; PMCID: PMC7965620.

Nguyen XV, Roy Choudhury K, Tessler FN, Hoang JK. Effect of Tumor Size on Risk of Metastatic Disease and Survival for Thyroid Cancer: Implications for Biopsy Guidelines. Thyroid. 2018 Mar;28(3):295-300. doi: 10.1089/thy.2017.0526. Epub 2018 Feb 22. PMID: 29373949.

Drake T, Gravely A, Ensrud K, Billington CJ. Reporting of Incidental Thyroid Nodules on Chest Computed Tomography and the Impact on Nodule Evaluation: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Thyroid. 2022 Dec;32(12):1529-1534. doi: 10.1089/thy.2022.0349. Epub 2022 Oct 31. PMID: 36128846.

Davies L, Welch HG. Current thyroid cancer trends in the United States. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 Apr;140(4):317-22. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2014.1. PMID: 24557566.

 

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