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CQ10. How Is the Natural History of Nodules Diagnosed as Benign (Growth and Reduction Rates)?

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Surgical treatment and TSH suppression therapy by administering thyroid hormone are adopted as therapies for benign thyroid nodules, but it is also important to understand their natural histories for therapeutic choice.

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  1. Department of Organ Regulation Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan

    Shinichi Suzuki

  2. Department of Surgery, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

    Nobuhiro Fukunari

  3. Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Kaori Kameyama

  4. Endocrine Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Megumi Miyakawa

  5. Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

    Katsuhiro Tanaka

  6. Department of Endocrine Surgery, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan

    Yatsuka Hibi

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  1. Ito Hospital, 4-3-6 Jinguumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-8308, Japan

    Hiroshi Takami

  2. , Department of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, 8-2-35 Shimoyamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0011, Japan

    Yasuhiro Ito

  3. Noguchi Thyroid Clinic and Hospital Foun, 6-33 Noguchinaka-machi, Beppu, 874-0932, Japan

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  4. , Department of Breast and Endocrine Surge, Kanagawa Cancer Center, 1-1-2 Nakao, Asahi-ku, Yokohama, 241-8515, Japan

    Akira Yoshida

  5. , Department of Endocrine Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada- cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan

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Suzuki, S., Fukunari, N., Kameyama, K., Miyakawa, M., Tanaka, K., Hibi, Y. (2013). CQ10. How Is the Natural History of Nodules Diagnosed as Benign (Growth and Reduction Rates)?. In: Takami, H., Ito, Y., Noguchi, H., Yoshida, A., Okamoto, T. (eds) Treatment of Thyroid Tumor. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54049-6_15

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