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According to USPSTF, screening for thyroid cancer is not recommended and there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for thyroid nodule.<ref name="urlFinal Update Summary: Thyroid Cancer: Screening - US Preventive Services Task Force">{{cite web |url=https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/thyroid-cancer-screening1?ds=1&s=thyroid |title=Final Update Summary: Thyroid Cancer: Screening - US Preventive Services Task Force |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | According to USPSTF, screening for thyroid cancer is not recommended and there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for thyroid nodule.<ref name="urlFinal Update Summary: Thyroid Cancer: Screening - US Preventive Services Task Force">{{cite web |url=https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/thyroid-cancer-screening1?ds=1&s=thyroid |title=Final Update Summary: Thyroid Cancer: Screening - US Preventive Services Task Force |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | ||
==Screening== | ==Screening== | ||
According to USPSTF, screening for thyroid | According to the USPSTF, there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for thyroid nodule in United States.<ref name="urlFinal Update Summary: Thyroid Cancer: Screening - US Preventive Services Task Force" /> | ||
Most countries do not recommend toward routine screening for thyroid nodules, however in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, a new intensive screening program was adopted in 2014 for children and adolescents group, in response to the 2011 nuclear accident. | |||
* The result showed an approxiamtely 30 times [[thyroid cancer]] incidence as high as the national average among the screened children and adolescents. <ref name="pmid26441345">{{cite journal |vauthors=Tsuda T, Tokinobu A, Yamamoto E, Suzuki E |title=Thyroid Cancer Detection by Ultrasound Among Residents Ages 18 Years and Younger in Fukushima, Japan: 2011 to 2014 |journal=Epidemiology |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=316–22 |year=2016 |pmid=26441345 |pmc=4820668 |doi=10.1097/EDE.0000000000000385 |url=}}</ref> | |||
Most countries do not recommend toward routine screening for thyroid nodules, however in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, a new intensive screening program was adopted in 2014 for children and adolescents group, in response to the 2011 nuclear accident. | |||
* The result showed an approxiamtely 30 times thyroid | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mahshid Mir, M.D. [2]
Overview
According to USPSTF, screening for thyroid cancer is not recommended and there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for thyroid nodule.[1]
Screening
According to the USPSTF, there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for thyroid nodule in United States.[1]
Most countries do not recommend toward routine screening for thyroid nodules, however in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, a new intensive screening program was adopted in 2014 for children and adolescents group, in response to the 2011 nuclear accident.
- The result showed an approxiamtely 30 times thyroid cancer incidence as high as the national average among the screened children and adolescents. [2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Final Update Summary: Thyroid Cancer: Screening - US Preventive Services Task Force".
- ↑ Tsuda T, Tokinobu A, Yamamoto E, Suzuki E (2016). "Thyroid Cancer Detection by Ultrasound Among Residents Ages 18 Years and Younger in Fukushima, Japan: 2011 to 2014". Epidemiology. 27 (3): 316–22. doi:10.1097/EDE.0000000000000385. PMC 4820668. PMID 26441345.