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Thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer in Graves’ disease

Overview of attention for article published in Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism, December 2014
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Title
Thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer in Graves’ disease
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Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism, December 2014
DOI 10.1590/0004-2730000003569
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Abbas Ali Tam, Cafer Kaya, Fevzi Balkan Mehmet Kılıç, Reyhan Ersoy, Bekir Çakır

Abstract

Objective The frequency of thyroid nodules accompanying Graves' disease and the risk of thyroid cancer in presence of accompanying nodules are controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of thyroid nodules and the risk of thyroid cancer in patients operated because of graves' disease. Subjects and methods Five hundred and twenty-six patients in whom thyroidectomy was performed because of Graves' disease between 2006 and 2013 were evaluated retrospectively. Patients who had received radioactive iodine treatment and external irradiation treatment in the neck region and who had had thyroid surgery previously were not included in the study. Results While accompanying thyroid nodule was present in 177 (33.6%) of 526 Graves' patients, thyroid nodule was absent in 349 (66.4%) patients. Forty-two (8%) patients had thyroid cancer. The rate of thyroid cancer was 5.4% (n = 19) in the Graves' patients who had no nodule, whereas it was 13% (n = 23) in the patients who had nodule. The risk of thyroid cancer increased significantly in presence of nodule (p = 0.003). Three patients had recurrence. No patient had distant metastasis. No patient died during the follow-up period. Conclusions Especially Graves' patients who have been decided to be followed up should be evaluated carefully during the follow-up in terms of thyroid cancer which may accompany. Arq Bras Endocrinol Metab. 2014;58(9):933-8.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 2 9%
Unspecified 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Student > Bachelor 1 5%
Unknown 17 77%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 3 14%
Unspecified 1 5%
Unknown 18 82%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 January 2015.
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#16,046,765
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#304
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#205,768
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Outputs of similar age from Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
#6
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