Arguments for elective neck surgery Arguments against elective neck surgery Improved staging Extremely low rates of recurrence if observed Improved targeting of adjuvant therapy Excellent survival without elective surgery Reduced…
Tumor Genes Frequency Citations PTC BRAF 40–50% [2, 4–8] RET/PTC 10–20% [2, 9, 10] RAS 10–20% [11–15] TRK 5–13% [16] TERT 9% [2] EIF1AX 2% [2] FTC RAS 20–50% [13,…
© The Author(s) 2017Anne T. Mancino and Lawrence T. Kim (eds.)Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer10.1007/978-3-319-54493-9_6 6. Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis of Papillary Thyroid Cancer Cord Sturgeon1 , Dina Elaraj1 and Anthony Yang1 (1) Department of Surgery, Section of Endocrine…
Sensitivity Specificity Ultrasound [29] 63–87 80–94% Elastography [30, 31] 92% 90% MRI [27] 90% 95% CT/PET [28, 32] 88–92% 64–87% In terms of correlation between physical exam findings and…
and Christian Waldherr1 (1) Bern, Switzerland 6.1 Malignant Changes: Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) 6.1.1 Case 1 General Information/Clinical Issues Patient was a 62-year-old female. cT0 N0, previous history of…
and Christian Waldherr1 (1) Bern, Switzerland 3.1 Recall Rate 3.1.1 Case 1 General Information/Clinical Issues Patient was a 49-year-old female, she presented with significant palpable laterocranial mastopathy on both sides….
and Christian Waldherr1 (1) Bern, Switzerland 8.1 Indications and Advantages of Tomosynthesis-Vacuum-Assisted biopsy (T-VAB) Indications for T-VAB Non-palpable masses Mammographically detected Breast Imaging and Reporting Data System (BI-RADS) 4 and…
and Christian Waldherr1 (1) Bern, Switzerland The Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) was developed in 1993 by the American College of Radiology (ACR) to standardize mammographic reporting, to…
and Christian Waldherr1 (1) Bern, Switzerland 5.1 Apocrine Metaplasia General Information/Clinical Issues The patient was a 56-year-old female. Previous bilateral breast reduction. She came for a routine screening examination. Synthetic…
and Christian Waldherr1 (1) Bern, Switzerland 7.1 Case 1 General Information/Clinical Issues Patient was a 62-year-old female; breast-conserving therapy on left side medial in 2011, S-vacuum-assisted biopsy (S-VAB) in 2012….
