Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an effective technique for the treatment of symptomatic benign thyroid nodules. It is not known to what extent RFA may affect thyroid surgery and/or histological diagnosis.Materials and methods: patients were treated with RFA and then followed for 2 years. RFA was performed on 64 symptomatic Thy2 nodules and on six symptomatic Thy3 nodules, without atypical cells nor BRAF or NRAS mutations, in surgically high-...

Objective: Thermal ablations (TA) are gaining ground as alternative options to conventional therapies for symptomatic benign thyroid nodules. Little is known on the impact of nodule biology on the outcomes of TA. The aim of our study was evaluating the baseline immunocytochemistry profile of thyroid nodules that are poorly responsive to TA, in order to identify potential predictors of treatment response.Methods: we retrospectively selected by propensity ...