title: Why the European Association of Nuclear Medicine has declined to endorse the 2015 American Thyroid Association management guidelines for adult patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Frederik A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Verburg
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine, Tirocenter, Adnan Saygun caddesi, Nispetiye, Besiktas, Istanbul, 34345, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cumali
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aktolun
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.|Humanitas University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiti
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Department, Bank of Cyprus Oncology Center, Nicosia, Cyprus.
authors.forename: Savvas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frangos
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine & Thyroid Centre, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giovanella
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine, Radiology Center, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Iakovou
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology Institute of Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia.
authors.forename: Jasna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mihailovic
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rostock University Hospital, Rostock, Germany.
authors.forename: Bernd J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET-CT Center Linz, Linz, Austria.
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Langsteger
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Marburg, Baldingerstraße 35043, Marburg, Germany. markus.luster@med.uni-marburg.de.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luster
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000569:Americas; D005060:Europe; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005104:Expert Testimony; D006801:Humans; D009683:Nuclear Medicine; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
keywords: American Thyroid Association; Management guidelines; Thyroid cancer