title: Clinical diagnosis of thyroid cancer.
abstract: In a survey of 293 patients with carcinoma of the thyroid, a goitre or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck were the commonest symptoms and a mass confined to one lobe the commonest sign. Hardness of the mass was an important diagnostic feature, and at least two-thirds of the tumour could be recognized before operation. It is suggested that the preoperative evaluation of thyroid swellings should be classified as benign, cancer suspected, and cancer probable.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001323:Autoantibodies; D001706:Biopsy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006042:Goiter / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008198:Lymph Nodes; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012737:Sex Factors; D013667:Technetium; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D013667:Technetium