An estimated 42 million people in India suffer from thyroid problems, an autoimmune condition that has grown very common. The most frequent cause is thought to be iodine deficiency brought on by ...

due to the way it appears on ultrasound. For example, if the area is irregular and it is invading the surrounding tissue, there’s a greater risk that it is cancer. However, as thyroid nodules ...

Thyroid nodules are usually benign, but they can be cancerous tumors. Sometimes a nodule is examined with imaging and/or biopsy to determine whether it has the potential to be harmful. Papillary ...

Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) has long been used as a safe and effective way to evaluate thyroid nodules in ...

CHENNAI : Thyroid cancer is a condition that ... normally (blood tests) as well as ultrasound which provides a lot of information on the nodule. Fine-needle aspiration , in which the doctor ...

Adults with type 2 diabetes using a GLP-1 drug have a similar risk for thyroid cancer as those using other diabetes drugs, though increased thyroid cancer risk was observed in the first year after GLP ...

Thyroid disease is often missed in older adults because its symptoms overlap with those of “normal aging.” In this ...

January is Thyroid Awareness ... and a thyroid ultrasound if concerns for a thyroid mass are present or consider fine-needle aspiration if a mass is present to confirm if the nodule is cancerous ...

Diagnostic tests like ultrasound or biopsy can provide valuable information about your thyroid gland and significantly detect any abnormal cell activities. Imaging tests like CT scans or MRIs are ...

Objective: Conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for cystic thyroid nodules (CTNs) has a high rate of nondiagnostic and false-negative results. Ultrasound-guided FNAB (UG-FNAB ...