title: Prospective screening in familial nonmedullary thyroid cancer.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Approximately 8% of nonmedullary thyroid cancers are familial. The optimal age for screening in familial nonmedullary thyroid cancer (FNMTC) is unknown.
  
  
  METHODS
  Kindreds with FNMTC (2 or more first-degree relatives affected) were screened prospectively with thyroid ultrasonography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifteen kindreds showed an overall prevalence of thyroid nodule(s) ≥5 mm of 44% at screening; 19% in the second generation, and 90% in the generation anterior to the index case. The youngest age of detection was 10 years for thyroid nodules and 18 years for thyroid cancer. Microcalcification of thyroid nodules at screening was associated with a greater risk of cancer (P < .05). Family members diagnosed with thyroid cancer by ultrasonographic screening were diagnosed at a younger age and had a lower rate of extra thyroidal invasion (P < .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In FNMTC, first-degree relatives 10 years or older, including the generation anterior to the index case, should have thyroid screening by ultrasonography, which may result in earlier diagnosis.
authors: Endocrine Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Electronic address: samira.sadowskiveuthey@nih.gov.
authors: Samira M
authors: SM
authors: Sadowski
authors: Mei
authors: M
authors: He
authors: Krisana
authors: K
authors: Gesuwan
authors: Neelam
authors: N
authors: Gulati
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Celi
authors: Maria J
authors: MJ
authors: Merino
authors: Naris
authors: N
authors: Nilubol
authors: Electron
authors: E
authors: Kebebew
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055815:Young Adult
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