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Prevalence for Diagnosis: Thyroid Carcinoma

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Thyroid nodules in the general population
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67%by ultrasound

Arch Intern Med. 1994 Aug 22;154(16):1838-40. PMID: 8053752

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Carcinoma in thyroid nodules
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5%note: in this study there was a huge difference in malignancy risk based on nodules discovered incidentally on ultrasound (17%) versus ultrasound studies done for non-incidental reasons (3%)

J Ultrasound Med. 2005 May;24(5):629-34. PMID: 15840794

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