Thyroid Nodules and Thyroid Malignancy
Authors: OLIVER M. BOWENS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1962)

Article1 August 1962Thyroid Nodules and Thyroid MalignancyThe Risk Involved in Delayed SurgeryOLIVER M. BOWENS, M.D., JOHN B. VANDER, M.D., F.A.C.P.OLIVER M. BOWENS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN B. VANDER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-57-2-245 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThis Paper attempts to assess the risk involved in delaying or withholding surgery in selected cases of clinically benign thyroid disease from the standpoint of the danger of subsequent thyroid malignancy. It consists of an analysis of all cases of suspected thyroid cancer referred to the Pondville Hospital during the 30-year period between 1928 and 1958. In none of these cases were suppressive doses of desiccated thyroid, as suggested by Astwood (1), employed preoperatively. Since the figures presented originate in an institution devoted entirely to the diagnosis and treatment of malignant disease, conclusions which are drawn should be considered as...References1. ASTWOODCASSIDYAURBACH EBCEGD: Treatment of thyroid nodules with thyroid. J. A. M. A. 174: 459, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. WARRENMEISNER SWA: Tumors of the thyroid gland, in Atlas of Tumor Pathology, Section IV, fascicle 14, National Research Council, Washington, D. C., 1953. Google Scholar3. SOKAL JE: The problem of malignancy in nodular goiter—recapitulation and a challenge. J. A. M. A. 170: 405, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. HURXTHALHEINEMAN LMAC: Nodular goiter and thyroid cancer. New Engl. J. Med. 258: 457, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. PERLMUTTERSLATER MSL: Which nodular goiters should be removed? New Engl. J. Med. 255: 65, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Walpole, MassachusettsFrom the Pondville Hospital, Department of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Walpole, Massachusetts, and the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.Requests for reprints should be addressed to John B. Vander, M.D., Pondville Hospital, Walpole, Massachusetts. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe incidence of malignancy in localized thyroid swellings treated surgicallyNodular Goiter and Thyroid CancerThyroid Carcinoma in RiyadhThyroid Disease in the ElderlyAspiration Needle Biopsy of the ThyroidGERARD N. BURROW, M.D.Prediction of malignancy in solitary thyroid nodules in a country with endemic goiterFactors increasing the probability of malignancy in thyroid nodulesLaboratory Examination of the ThyroidExperimental Thyroid CarcinogenesisTumoren der SchilddrüseAn approach to diagnosis and therapy of thyroid tumorsScintigraphic evaluation of nodular goiterThe Significance of Nontoxic Thyroid Nodules Final Report of a 15-Year Study of the Incidence of Thyroid MalignancyJOHN B. VANDER, M.D., F.A.C.P., EUGENE A. GASTON, M.D., THOMAS R. DAWBER, M.D., F.A.C.P.RADIOACTIVE IODINE AND SURGERY OF THE THYROIDThyroid Carcinoma in Man after Exposure to Ionizing Radiation 1 August 1962Volume 57, Issue 2_Part_1Page: 245-253KeywordsAdenocarcinomaMedical servicesPrevention, policy, and public healthSurgeryThyroidThyroid carcinomaThyroid diseasesThyroidectomy Issue Published: 1 August 1962 PDF downloadLoading ...