Thyroid cancer – Straight to the point of care (2023) BMJ Best Practice

Description

This resource provides a comprehensive guide to thyroid cancer, detailing its presentation usually as an asymptomatic thyroid nodule, the diagnostic role of fine-needle aspiration, and risk-adjusted management. Treatment protocols cover differentiated thyroid cancer, requiring surgery (total thyroidectomy or lobectomy), radioactive iodine ablation, and TSH suppression, and addresses uncommon types like anaplastic and medullary thyroid carcinoma.