1. Results of Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients with Benign Nodules of Thyroid Gland
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M.Yu. Bolgov, Yu.N. Taraschenko, and I.R. Yanchiy
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benign thyroid nodules ,long-term follow-up ,thyroid carcinoma ,Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology ,RC648-665 - Abstract
The aim of the study was to conduct automated analysis of long-term follow up of patients with benign focal tumors of the thyroid gland. We have studied the results of observation of 7083 patients. It is revealed that 28.7 % of patients have to undergo further surgical treatment. During the first year of observation 22.3 % of patients were operated. Among all operated patients during pathohistological study there were found the highly differentiated carcinoma in 10.2 % of cases. Maximum proportion of carcinomas (25 %) was found in the group of small focal thyroid tumors with a size 5–10 mm.
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- 2014
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