Predicting coexisting thyroid cancer with primary hyperparathyroidism in an endemic region of multinodular goiter: evaluating the effectiveness of preoperative inflammatory markers.

Hakan Balbaloglu Ilhan Tasdoven Mustafa Cagatay Buyukuysal Emre Karadeniz Mustafa Comert Guldeniz Karadeniz Cakmak

Published in: Annals of surgical treatment and research (2023)

In endemic regions of nodular thyroid disease, thyroid cancer might accompany PHPT. The value of inflammatory indexes to predict thyroid malignancy in PHPT is controversial and should not be employed in the surgical decision-making process.

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decision making
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
patients undergoing
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