SynthesisFrontiers in oncology2022
US-Elastography With Different Techniques for Thyroid Nodule Characterization: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
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- Placental Stiffness Measured by Sonoelastography in Fetal Growth Restriction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2026Pooled it
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- Real-time ultrasound elastography in the diagnosis of newly identified thyroid nodules in adults: the ElaTION RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2024Trial
- Elastography Enhances Diagnostic Accuracy of ACR TI-RADS in Thyroid Nodule Evaluation.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Article
- Discovery and validation of PARP4 methylation in distinguishing thyroid cancer from benign nodule.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2026Article
- A multimodal ultrasound approach: quantitative speed-of-sound, elastography, and B-mode imaging for predicting papillary thyroid carcinoma invasiveness.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Multidisciplinary team diagnosis and treatment of well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma: current landscape and future prospects.The oncologist · 2026Review
- Comparative Diagnostic Performance of Ultrasound-Based Risk Stratification Systems in Thyroid Nodule Evaluations by Otolaryngologists.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Multimodal risk assessment of malignancy in thyroidology for nodules with indeterminate cytology.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2026Article
- Using Elastographic Stiffness to Improve Risk Stratification in Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Diagnostic performance of ultrasound elastography alone and in combination with conventional ultrasonography for Bethesda III-IV thyroid nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Shear wave elastography for thyroid nodule evaluation in patients with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis.Endocrine · 2025Observational
- Validation of ACR TI-RADS performance in transition age: results from a multicenter retrospective study by the TALENT study group.Endocrine · 2025Article
- Role of Ultrasound Elastography and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in Diagnosis and Management of Malignant Thyroid Nodules-An Update.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Review of Surgical Interventions in the Thyroid Gland: Recent Advances and Current Considerations.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025Review
- Thyroid nodules: diagnosis and management.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2024Review
- Meaning of ACR-TIRADS recommendation in favor of follow-up rather than FNAC in thyroid nodules.Updates in surgery · 2024Article
- Shear Wave Ultrasonographic Elastography in Pediatric Spleens and Its Role in Differential Diagnosis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Comparative evaluation of shear wave elastography elasticity values in thyroid nodules with cytology results and TI-RADS scoring in differentiation of benign-malignant nodules.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Article
- Autoimmune Thyroid Disease and Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: A Review of the Mechanisms That Explain an Intriguing and Exciting Relationship.World journal of oncology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Background: Thyroid nodules are frequent in adult population and thyroid cancer incidence has increased dramatically over the past three decades. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the US-Elastosonography (USE) diagnostic performance in assessing the thyroid nodules malignancy risk. Methods: PubMed and Embase databases were searched from January 2011 to July 2021. We extracted data from selected studies and calculated the overall diagnostic accuracy of qualitative USE, semi-quantitative USE and quantitative USE. Summary receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was elaborated to show the results. All statistical tests were performed using Metadisc and Medcal software package. Results: Finally 72 studies with 13,505 patients and 14,015 thyroid nodules (33% malignant) undergoing elastography were included. The pooled sensitivity, specificity and AUC were 84%, 81%, and 0.89 respectively for qualitative USE; 83%, 80%, and 0.93 for semi-quantitative USE and 78%, 81% and 0.87, for quantitative USE. The qualitative and semiquantitative USE present very similar diagnostic accuracy values and both better than the quantitative USE. Conclusions: USE is a useful imaging tool for thyroid nodule characterization. In accordance with recent guidelines and meta-analyses, the USE could be used daily in thyroid nodule malignancy risk stratification. Systematic Review Registration: PROSPERO: CRD42021279257.
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