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September 23, 2025European Journal of EndocrinologyOpen Access

OC12 - Stiffness matters: elastography enhances detection of thyroid cancer across histologic subtypes

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MLMonica LatiaABAntonella BenaDSDana Stoian

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Pooled analysis improves detection of malignant nodules in thyroid cancer using elastography, suggesting notable diagnostic accuracy.

Key Points

  • Adding elastography increased diagnostic accuracy for distinguishing malignant from benign thyroid nodules.
  • Elastography indicated a significant improvement in specificity, achieving 93.8% with sensitivity at 81.5% for SE.
  • The method utilized receiver-operating-characteristic curves to analyze diagnostic performance across thyroid cancer subtypes.
  • Routine elastography incorporation into thyroid assessments could reduce unnecessary surgeries by identifying benign lesions.

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Latia et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4724f31b076d99fa6abd8https://doi.org/10.1093/ejendo/lvaf168.021
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