title: Nodular thyroid disease and cancer.
abstract: Different possibilities of solitary or multinodular involvement of the thyroid gland are described. Because of the broad spectrum of malignancy there exists a controversy and widespread divergence of opinion regarding the incidence, malignancy, classification and treatment of thyroid cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department for ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Depondt
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ampe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Hont
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000145:classification; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000145:classification*; D003560:Cysts / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000145:classification*; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000145:classification; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000145:classification; D013968:Thyroiditis, Subacute / Q000145:classification