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Inclusion of Thyroid Nodule Location in ACR TI-RADS Scoring: Impact on System Performance. AJR. American journal of roentgenology Jasim, S. n., Teefey, S. A., Baranski, T. J., Coble, D. W., Langer, J. E., Reading, C. C., Beland, M. D., Desser, T. S., Szabunio, M. M., Middleton, W. D. 2021

Abstract

Emerging data suggest thyroid nodule location influences malignancy risk. We explore the impact of including location in ACR TI-RADS scoring. Four of five revised scoring algorithms that add one or two points to higher risk locations lowered accuracy due to lower specificity. However, an algorithm that adds one point to isthmus nodules did not differ significantly from ACR TI-RADS in accuracy, diagnosing one additional isthmus cancer for each 10.3 additional benign nodules recommended for biopsy.

View details for DOI 10.2214/AJR.20.24224

View details for PubMedID 33470836