Background: Thyroid nodules are a common clinical problem, and differentiated thyroid
cancer is becoming increasingly prevalent. Since the American Thyroid Association's …

Radiation is an environmental factor that elevates the risk of develo** thyroid cancer.
Actual and possible scenarios of exposures to external and internal radiation are multiple …

Objective: To develop evidence-based recommendations for safe, effective, and appropriate
thyroidectomy. Background: Surgical management of thyroid disease has evolved …

INTRODUCTION The 1986 Chernobyl (Chornobyl in Ukrainian) nuclear power plant
accident exposed millions of individuals in the surrounding region to radioactive …

Purpose To investigate the prognostic value of the BRAF V600E mutation and the recently
identified TERT promoter mutation chr5: 1,295,228 C> T (C228T), individually and in their …

Importance BRAF V600E andTERTpromoter mutations can coexist in papillary thyroid
cancer (PTC). This genetic duet was indicated to be involved in the aggressiveness of PTC …

Context: Thyroid cancer incidence rates in the United States and globally have increased
steadily over the last 40 years, primarily due to a tripling of the incidence of papillary thyroid …

Background: The presence of a telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter mutation
has been suggested as a potential prognostic marker for thyroid cancer, and a synergistic …

Background. Over the past ten years, the incidence rate of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC)
worldwide has been increasing rapidly year by year, with the incidence rate increasing 6 …

Thyroid carcinoma is the most frequent endocrine neoplasia. Different types of thyroid
carcinoma are described: well-differentiated papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), poorly …