Thyroid disease

Consensus statement on the management of incidentally discovered FDG avid thyroid nodules in patients being investigated for other cancers

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf)Published Consensus statement

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. If, due to index cancer diagnosis, age and co-morbidities, survival to 5 years is unlikely, further investigation of an incidental FDG-avid thyroid nodule is unlikely to be warranted

  2. Statement on circumstances in which further investigation of FDG-avid thyroid nodules with US and fine needle aspiration might be appropriate

Original publication

Consensus statement on the management of incidentally discovered FDG avid thyroid nodules in patients being investigated for other cancers. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). Published 24 March 2023. doi:10.1111/cen.14905

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