Molecular Genetics of Thyroid Cancer
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,…
Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis of Papillary Thyroid Cancer
© 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…
Evaluation of a Thyroid Nodule
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…
Malignant Changes
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…
Indications for Three-dimensional (3D)/Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT)
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….
Tomosynthesis-Guided Interventions
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…
BI-RADS Reporting for Breast Tomosynthesis (3D-Mammography)
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…
Benign Changes (Cysts, Fibroadenomas, Papillomas, Infection…): BI-RADS
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…
Postoperative Changes
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….
Synthetic 2D Mammography with 3D Tomosynthesis as Screening Tool: Early Detection and Reduced Recall
and Christian Waldherr1 (1) Bern, Switzerland Two-dimensional (2D) mammography screening programs reduce breast cancer mortality substantially, but they do not depict all cancers early enough to result in a cure….
