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ArticleRadiology. Imaging cancer2025

Safety and Feasibility of US-guided Microwave Ablation for the Treatment of Bethesda III Thyroid Nodules with Negative Eight-Gene Panel Mutational Profile.

Qingqing Tang, Jiawei Chen, Dengke Zhang, Qingnan Huang, Yong Chen, Xuexin Liang, Kai Zeng, Yuxian Guo, Mingliang Huang, Yanghui Wei

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Article in Radiology. Imaging cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors.

Qingqing Tang *From the Department of Surgery, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 3025 Shennan Middle Road, Futian District, Shenzhen 518033, China.ORCID 0009-0003-2401-0078
Jiawei Chen *From the Department of Surgery, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 3025 Shennan Middle Road, Futian District, Shenzhen 518033, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0895-9027
Dengke ZhangFrom the Department of Surgery, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 3025 Shennan Middle Road, Futian District, Shenzhen 518033, China.
Qingnan HuangFrom the Department of Surgery, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 3025 Shennan Middle Road, Futian District, Shenzhen 518033, China.
Yong ChenFrom the Department of Surgery, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 3025 Shennan Middle Road, Futian District, Shenzhen 518033, China.
Xuexin LiangFrom the Department of Surgery, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 3025 Shennan Middle Road, Futian District, Shenzhen 518033, China.
Kai ZengFrom the Department of Surgery, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 3025 Shennan Middle Road, Futian District, Shenzhen 518033, China.
Yuxian GuoFrom the Department of Surgery, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 3025 Shennan Middle Road, Futian District, Shenzhen 518033, China.
Mingliang HuangFrom the Department of Surgery, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 3025 Shennan Middle Road, Futian District, Shenzhen 518033, China.
Yanghui WeiFrom the Department of Surgery, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 3025 Shennan Middle Road, Futian District, Shenzhen 518033, China.

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Abstract

Purpose To evaluate the safety and efficacy of US-guided thermal ablation in the treatment of Bethesda III thyroid nodules with negative eight-gene panel testing results. Materials and Methods This retrospective single-center study included patients with thyroid nodules diagnosed as Bethesda category III (atypia of undetermined significance) at fine-needle aspiration biopsy and with negative eight-gene testing results who were treated with US-guided microwave ablation (MWA) between July 2020 and September 2023. Incidence of complications, technical success rate (TSR), volume reduction rate (VRR), nodule recurrence, and thyroid function were evaluated over a follow-up period of 2 years. Data before and after MWA were compared using variance analysis and the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel χ

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Feasibility StudiesMicrowavesThyroid NoduleUltrasonography, InterventionalAblation TechniquesAdultAgedBiopsy, Fine-NeedleFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeAblation TechniquesHead/NeckObserver PerformanceRadiation Therapy/OncologySafetyThyroid

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PMCPMC11791661

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