Thyroid nodules as a risk factor for thyroid cancer in patients with Graves' disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies in surgically treated patients.

Anastasios PapanastasiouKonstantinos SapalidisDimitrios G GoulisNikolaos MichalopoulosEvangelia MaretiStylianos MantalovasIsaak Kesisoglou

Published in: Clinical endocrinology (2019)

The presence of thyroid nodules is positively associated with the prevalence of thyroid cancer in surgically treated patients with GD. However, further prospective research is needed as the heterogeneity among the studies is high.

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