ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2025
A Narrative Review of the Odyssey of Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis: Can 99mTc-SESTAMIBI Molecular Imaging Replace Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy?
Ioannis Iakovou, Nikitas Papadopoulos, Paraskevi Exadaktylou, Christos Melidis, Georgia Koutsouki, Ilias Katsadouros, Savvas Frangos, Ioannis Koutelidakis, Kalliopi Kotsa, Evanthia Giannoula
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In one paragraphReview in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Ioannis IakovouSecond Academic Nuclear Medicine Department, Academic General Hospital "AHEPA", Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2101-3954 Nikitas PapadopoulosSecond Academic Nuclear Medicine Department, Academic General Hospital "AHEPA", Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Paraskevi ExadaktylouSecond Academic Nuclear Medicine Department, Academic General Hospital "AHEPA", Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7053-0141 Georgia KoutsoukiSecond Academic Nuclear Medicine Department, Academic General Hospital "AHEPA", Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3161-3160 Ilias KatsadourosSecond Academic Nuclear Medicine Department, Academic General Hospital "AHEPA", Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0009-0000-0911-5769 Savvas FrangosNuclear Medicine Department and Thyroid Cancer Clinic, Bank of Cyprus Oncology Center, 2404 Nicosia, Cyprus.ORCID 0000-0002-1512-7480 Ioannis KoutelidakisSecond Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Thessaloniki "G. Gennimatas", School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54635 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3192-5666 Kalliopi KotsaFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Academic General Hospital "AHEPA", School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2376-740X Evanthia GiannoulaSecond Academic Nuclear Medicine Department, Academic General Hospital "AHEPA", Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1998-6108 Funding
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Molecular ImagingTechnetium Tc 99m SestamibiThyroid NeoplasmsBiopsy, Fine-NeedleHumansRadionuclide ImagingRadiopharmaceuticalsThyroid NoduleRadiopharmaceuticalsTechnetium Tc 99m SestamibiBethesdaFine Needle Aspiration BiopsynoduleSestamibi scintigraphythyroid malignancy
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PMCPMC12195027
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