Cost-effectiveness of (99m)Tc-MIBI in the evaluation of thyroid nodules for malignancy: a new lease of life for an old radiopharmaceutical?

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

1. A Comprehensive Diagnostic Assessment of Thyroid Nodules Utilizing Scintigraphy and Telomere Lengths (T/S ratios).Molecular imaging and radionuclide therapy · 2025
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2. Comparison of F-18 FDG-PET/CT and Tc-99m MIBI in the preoperative evaluation of cold thyroid nodules in the same patient group.Endocrine · 2015
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3. Thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology: molecular imaging with ⁹⁹mTc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) is more cost-effective than the Afirma gene expression classifier.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2014
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4. Combined (99m)Tc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile scintigraphy and fine-needle aspiration cytology offers an accurate and potentially cost-effective investigative strategy for the assessment of solitary or dominant thyroid nodules: reply to comments by Riazi et al.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2014
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  Combined (99m)Tc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile scintigraphy and fine-needle aspiration cytology offers an accurate and potentially cost-effective investigative strategy for the assessment of solitary or dominant thyroid nodules.2014

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