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According to the USPSTF, there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for thyroid nodule. | According to the USPSTF, there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for thyroid nodule. | ||
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. | 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> | ||
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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 USPSTF, screening for thyroid cancer is not recommended.[1]
According to the USPSTF, there is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for thyroid nodule.
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.