Occurrence of clinically relevant thyroid nodules in adults
Thyroid nodules are prevalent in the population, but are rarely clinically significant. Therefore, screening for thyroid nodules in asymptomatic individuals with normal thyroid findings on clinical examination should be avoided.
Authors
- Katja Tuta
- Matej Gregorič
- Tina Ušaj
- Katja Zaletel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8823-3489)
- Tanja Radevska
- Igor Pravst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8634-1778)
- Miha Jesenko
- Nataša Bedernjak Bajuk
- Simona Gaberšček
- Katica Bajuk Studen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2296-368X)
- Maša Hribar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1756-4828)
- Edvard Pirnat
- Urška Rozman
Institutions
- University of Ljubljana (SI)
- Ljubljana University Medical Centre (SI)
- National Institute of Public Health (SI)
- Inštitut za Nutricionistiko (SI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Radiology and Oncology
- Published
- 2026-01-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2026-0001
- Primary Topic
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Food Safety Authority
- European Commission
- Ministrstvo za zdravje