Results: The nondiagnostic smear rate was 9.2%. Cytological diagnosis was benign nodule in 42 cases, predominantly follicular lesion in 50 cases, and suspicious or malignant lesion in 16 cases.

First, the good news. About 95 percent of lung nodules are benign or noncancerous and nothing to worry about. Still, pulmonary nodules shouldn't be ignored. "One of our most important jobs is ...

Previously, benign thyroid nodules were treated with surgery, where either part of the thyroid gland or the entire gland with the abnormal thyroid nodule was removed. The procedure involves the ...

It does not predispose anyone to breast cancer” explains Dr Mecha. Benign nodules are non-cancerous lumps that can appear in the breast. Prof Merck highlights, “When a woman goes to the office ...

A solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is an isolated lung growth surrounded by normal tissue. Most SPNs are benign (not cancerous ...

"The Nu.Q® Cancer test could support physicians with clinical decision-making following LDCT by identifying the patients at highest risk and whose nodules are more likely to be cancerous, while ...

However, fewer than one percent of those affected are ever diagnosed. The condition occurs when tiny benign nodules in one or both adrenal glands produce excess aldosterone, a hormone that raises ...

The research and development priority at Sanmed Biotech is to precisely detect and profile lung nodules — small lumps of tissue that can be benign, precancerous or metastatic tumours.