Thyroid cancer continues to be overdiagnosed, though the survival rate remains unchanged, according to a study published Feb. 5 in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. Here are five notes from the ...

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid nodule is a procedure in which a small sample of cells is obtained from a thyroid nodule with the aid of a thin needle under ultrasound guidance.

Objective: Conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for cystic thyroid nodules (CTNs) has a high rate of nondiagnostic and false-negative results. Ultrasound-guided FNAB (UG-FNAB ...

"I know that Ali shared this recently that I had to go in for a scan, a biopsy, and then like a CT scan, and it came back that I do have thyroid cancer, but I'm not freaking out. It's all good." ...

"I know that Ali shared this recently that I had to go in for a scan — a biopsy and then a CT scan. And it came back that I do have thyroid cancer," he continued, quickly adding, "But I'm not ...

During a biopsy, the skin is numbed and the procedure takes approximately 10-15 minutes. Thyroid cancer doesn’t always cause symptoms, but when it does, they are known as compressive symptoms.

Ali Fedotowsky and her husband, Kevin Manno, are opening up about his ongoing cancer battle. “The crazy thing is he had ...

Michael Tullberg/Getty Images Former Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky revealed that her husband, Kevin Manno, is battling papillary thyroid cancer. “We found out recently that @kevinmanno has Papillary ...

The diagnosis includes two malignant spots on the right side of Kevin Manno's thyroid, and doctors suspect it may have spread to a lymph node ...

Although patients who undergo this procedure retain some thyroid function ... of thyroid carcinoma after fine-needle aspiration biopsy; all of the operations were performed by the same surgeon.