Thyroid cancer

Screening (neck palpation or ultrasound) is not recommended in asymptomatic patients.[67]US Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for thyroid cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. JAMA. 2017 May 9;317(18):1882-7. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2625325 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28492905?tool=bestpractice.com Risk-directed screening should be considered in patients with familial thyroid cancer, including medullary thyroid cancer; history of neck irradiation in childhood; and family history of multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 2A (MEN2A) or MEN2B.[68]Perros P, Boelaert K, Colley S, et al; British Thyroid Association. Guidelines for the management of thyroid cancer. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2014;81 Suppl 1:1-122. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cen.12515 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24989897?tool=bestpractice.com See Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes.