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Exposure to medical radiation from computed tomography scans is associated with an increased risk for thyroid cancer and leukemia

Radiation From CT Scans Linked to Thyroid Cancer, Leukemia

Elevated risk stronger in women than men; risk for non-Hodgkin lymphoma increased in patients ≤45
A model developed through automated machine learning uses ultrasonographic images to classify indeterminate thyroid nodules as having low or high genetic risk

AI Model Based on US Classifies Thyroid Nodules by Genetic Risk

Model performance had 45 percent sensitivity, 97 percent specificity, 77.4 percent overall accuracy
One-fourth of patients receive unnecessary treatment with radioactive iodine after surgery for low-risk papillary thyroid cancer

Factors Associated With Thyroid Cancer Overtreatment Identified

Overtreatment more likely in younger, male, Hispanic or Asian patients, those with extensive lymph node surgery
Many patients diagnosed with differentiated thyroid cancer perceive that they have no choice about receiving radioactive iodine

Many Perceive Lack of Choice in Receipt of RAI for Thyroid Cancer

Thyroid cancer patients who perceive no choice about radioactive iodine report lower decision satisfaction
From 1973 to 2013

U.S. Incidence of Pediatric Thyroid Cancer on the Rise

More marked increases in incidence observed from 2006 to 2013 than from 1973 to 2006
Readmissions after thyroid surgery are relatively low

Fewer Than 5 Percent of Thyroid Surgery Patients Readmitted

Majority of readmissions occur within seven days of discharge and one-fourth within two days
Survivors of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma remain at increased risk for developing subsequent malignant neoplasms

Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivors at Risk for Later Cancers

Survivors have 14-fold increased risk for developing a solid subsequent malignant neoplasm
A multigene genomic classifier test for thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology shows high sensitivity and negative predictive value

Genetic Test Helps ID Benign Versus Malignant Thyroid Nodules

ThyroSeq v3 has 94 percent sensitivity, 82 percent specificity for Bethesda III and IV nodules
For patients with low-risk thyroid cancer

Low-Dose Radiation Safe for Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer

No increased risk for recurrence with 1.1 GBq versus 3.7 GBq RAI at 3-, 5-, 7-year follow-up
Head and neck cancer survivors have an increased risk for suicide compared with other cancer survivors

Head and Neck Cancer Survivors Have Increased Suicide Risk

Survivors of head, neck cancers almost twice as likely to die from suicide as survivors of other cancers