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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Correlation Between Thyroid Nodule Size and Risk of Thyroid Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study at a Tertiary Care Center.

Osama Zeidan, Talal Sarhan, Zeid Alkhairi, Omar Abusedera, Qaswar Sudani, Hasan Kadhem, Jenan Obaid, Alexandra E Butler

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Osama ZeidanSchool of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Bahrain, Busaiteen 15503, Bahrain.ORCID 0009-0008-0517-3599
Talal SarhanSchool of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Bahrain, Busaiteen 15503, Bahrain.ORCID 0009-0008-5190-417X
Zeid AlkhairiSchool of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Bahrain, Busaiteen 15503, Bahrain.ORCID 0009-0004-2131-0371
Omar AbusederaSchool of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Bahrain, Busaiteen 15503, Bahrain.ORCID 0009-0008-5072-5372
Qaswar SudaniSchool of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Bahrain, Busaiteen 15503, Bahrain.
Hasan KadhemSchool of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Bahrain, Busaiteen 15503, Bahrain.ORCID 0009-0007-7128-7511
Jenan ObaidSchool of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Bahrain, Busaiteen 15503, Bahrain.
Alexandra E ButlerSchool of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Bahrain, Busaiteen 15503, Bahrain.ORCID 0000-0002-5762-3917

Funding

RCSI Bahrain N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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malignancy risknodule sizeretrospective studyrisk stratificationthyroid noduleultrasound

Identifiers

PMID42196871
PMCPMC13206142

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