Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Annals of Surgical Oncology
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 8/2021

01-08-2021 | Thyroid Cancer | ASO Author Reflections

ASO Author Reflections: Quantitative Shape Analysis of Thyroid Nodules: A Small But Important Step Towards Software-Based Preoperative Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules

Authors: Ming-Hsun Wu, MD, PhD, Argon Chen, PhD

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 8/2021

Login to get access

Excerpt

The clinical importance of thyroid nodules lies primarily in the possibility of thyroid cancers for consideration of thyroidectomy, with ultrasonography (US) being a mainstay of assessment.1 Shape is one of the most important features in the diagnosis of malignant nodules, and, to date, is usually described qualitatively to determine whether the taller-than-wide (TTW)2 is present. However, only those nodules that appear markedly different can be easily differentiated at first interpretation with poor interobserver and intraobserver agreements.3 We therefore sought to clarify whether software-based shape indexes were useful for improving the detection of thyroid cancers. …
Literature
1.
Haugen BR, Alexander EK, Bible KC, et al. 2015 American thyroid association management guidelines for adult patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer: the American thyroid association guidelines task force on thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer. Thyroid. 2016;26(1):1–133.PubMedPubMedCentral
2.
Frates MC, Benson CB, Doubilet PM, et al. Prevalence and distribution of carcinoma in patients with solitary and multiple thyroid nodules on sonography. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006;91(9):3411–7.CrossRefPubMed
3.
Persichetti A, Di Stasio E, Coccaro C, et al. inter- and intra-observer agreement in the assessment of thyroid nodule ultrasound features and classification systems: a blinded multicenter study. Thyroid. 2020;30(2):237–42.CrossRefPubMed
4.
Metadata
Title
ASO Author Reflections: Quantitative Shape Analysis of Thyroid Nodules: A Small But Important Step Towards Software-Based Preoperative Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules
Authors
Ming-Hsun Wu, MD, PhD
Argon Chen, PhD
Publication date
01-08-2021
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 8/2021
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-020-09488-1

Other articles of this Issue 8/2021

Annals of Surgical Oncology 8/2021 Go to the issue

Gastrointestinal Oncology

Failure to Cure in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Gastric Cancer: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Thoracic Oncology

Unlocking Better Survival for Esophageal Cancer Patients: Is Thoracic Duct Resection the Key?

Endocrine Tumors

Construction and Validation of a Nomogram Based on the Log Odds of Positive Lymph Nodes to Predict the Prognosis of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma After Surgery

Melanoma

Evaluation of a Gene Expression Profiling Assay in Primary Cutaneous Melanoma

Pancreatic Tumors

Measurement of Portal Vein Blood Circulating Tumor Cells is Safe and May Correlate With Outcomes in Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

ASO Author Reflections

ASO Author Reflections: Will Breast Cancer Screening Become Personalized?