Diagnostic Performance of Ultrasound Elastography for Detection of Thyroid Cancer

Dong Jun Lim

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Thyroid Nodule; Elastography

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02462512

SeoulStMary

Details and patient eligibility

About

For patients with thyroid gland nodule, fine-needle aspiration biopsy has been proved to be an efficient tool for thyroid cancer diagnosis. However, it is somewhat an invasive procedure and is subject to sampling and analysis uncertainties. Thus, improved, more reliable criteria for determining which nodule should be be aspirated are needed. Ultrasound elastography has been shown to be useful in the differential diagnosis of breast and prostate cancers. Ultrasound elastography also may discriminate malignant from benign nodule.

Full description

To prospectively evaluate the elastographic appearance of thyroid cancer and explore the potential sensitivity and specificity of elastography for differentiating benign and malignant tumors, with histopathologic analysis as the reference standard.

Enrollment: 590 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The patients with thyroid nodule who are supposed to take fine needle aspiration biopsy

Exclusion criteria

• The patients who do not want to participate in the study

Trial design

590 participants in 1 patient group

FNAB of Thyroid nodule

Description:

The Patients with thyroid nodule who are scheduled for FNAB