Radiation Oncology/Thyroid/Guidelines

Thyroid Official Guidelines

Thyroid Nodules:

  • Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound: Management of thyroid nodules detected at US
    • 2005 PMID 16304103 Full text "Management of thyroid nodules detected at US: Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound consensus conference statement."
  • AACE/AME (American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and Associazione Medici Endocrinologi): diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules
    • 2006 Website PDF "American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and Associazione Medici Endocrinologi medical guidelines for clinical practice for the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules."
  • ATA (American Thyroid Association) Website Guidelines index -- thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer
    • 2015 PMID 26462967 PDF "2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer."
    • 2009 PMID 19860577 PDF "Revised American Thyroid Association management guidelines for patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer."
    • 2006 PMID 16420177 PDF "Management Guidelines for Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer"
    • 1996 PMID 8885814 "Treatment guidelines for patients with thyroid nodules and well-differentiated thyroid cancer."



Thyroid Cancer:

  • ATA (American Thyroid Association) Website
    • thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer
      • 2015 PMID 26462967 PDF "2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer."
      • 2009 PMID 19860577 PDF "Revised American Thyroid Association management guidelines for patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer."
      • 2006 PMID 16420177 PDF "Management Guidelines for Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer"
      • 1996 PMID 8885814 "Treatment guidelines for patients with thyroid nodules and well-differentiated thyroid cancer."
    • neck dissection
      • 2009 PMID 19860578 PDF "Consensus statement on the terminology and classification of central neck dissection for thyroid cancer"
  • AACE/AAES (American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, American College of Endocrinology) Website
    • 2001 PMID 11430305 PDF "AACE/AAES medical/surgical guidelines for clinical practice: management of thyroid carcinoma. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. American College of Endocrinology."
  • British Thyroid Association Website
    • 2007 [1] "Guidelines for the management of thyroid cancer (2nd edition)"
  • European Thyroid Association
    • 2006 PMID 16728537 Full text "European consensus for the management of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma of the follicular epithelium."


Radioiodine Therapy:

  • ATA (American Thyroid Association) Website
    • 2011 PDF "Radiation Safety in the Treatment of Patients with Thyroid Diseases by Radioiodine 131I: Practice Recommendations of the American Thyroid Association"
  • EANM (European Association of Nuclear Medicine)
    • 2008 PMID 18670773 PDF "Guidelines for radioiodine therapy of differentiated thyroid cancer."


Medullary Thyroid Cancer:

  • ATA (American Thyroid Association)
    • 2009 PMID 19469690 PDF "Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Management Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association"