Medical Practice
Clinical Diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer
Br Med J 1973; 4 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.4.5891.532 (Published 01 December 1973) Cite this as: Br Med J 1973;4:532- M. D. Staunton,
- W. P. Greening
Abstract
In a survey of 293 patients with carcinoma of the thyroid, a goitre or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck were the commonest symptoms and a mass confined to one lobe the commonest sign. Hardness of the mass was an important diagnostic feature, and at least two-thirds of the tumour could be recognized before operation. It is suggested that the preoperative evaluation of thyroid swellings should be classified as benign, cancer suspected, and cancer probable.
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