2020 Chinese guidelines for ultrasound malignancy risk stratification of thyroid nodules: the C-TIRADS

Endocrine - Tập 70 Số 2 - Trang 256-279 - 2020
Jianqiao Zhou1, Long Yin2, Xi Wang3, Sheng Zhang3, Yanyan Song4, Baoming Luo5, Jianchu Li6, Linxue Qian7, Ligang Cui8, Wen Chen8, Chaoyang Wen9, Yulan Peng10, Qin Chen11, Man Lu12, Min Chen13,14, Rong Wu15, Wei Zhou1, Ensheng Xue16, YingJia Li17, Lichun Yang18, Chengrong Mi19, Ruifang Zhang20, Gang Wu21, Guoqing Du22, Huang Dao-zhong23, Wei Zhan1, Beijian Huang23, Haitao Ran, Huijuan Xiang, Jianhong Zhu, Jian Wang6, Jie Tang, Jing Li18, Jingchun Yang18, Lei Zhang20, Liang Bao5, Mei Zhu, Nima Yuzhen, Peng-Fei Zhang20, Renhua Guo22, Shaoyun Hao9, Shibao Fang20, Tao Chen19, Ying Zhu17, Yongping Lu12, Yansha Deng, Yuanyi Zheng, Yue Chen19, Yukun Luo5, Bin Bai, Cai YuanJin, Xin Chang, Che Guihua19, Chen Fu19, Hongtian Chen19, Hongyan Chen19, Chen Hui-pin19, Jiehuan Chen19, Chen nianQiao19, Chen Wu21, Xinguang Chen19, Xiuping Chen19, Cui Guanghe8, Dai LiPing, Xuedong Deng, Lili Dong, Gang Du21, Fang Chao9, Fengkai Fang20, Zhengdong Fei, Feng Li, Fu Jian6, Lina Guan, Jun Guo22, Huaxuan Wen9, Na He19, Shaozheng He19, Xiaofeng He19, Hou AiQin1, Jie Hu23, Hu LiYan23, Huang DingWei23, Huang JianYuan23, Li Huang18, Huang PeiPei23, Weiwei Huang1, Ling Jia17, Xinhui Jiang, Hongyan Kang, Kong XiangChong, Lei XiaoQing, Li AnYang18, Li Chen19, Li Cheng19, Chuanyin Li18, Dong Liu18, Haiyan Li18, Hongmei Li18, Huiwen Li18, Jianxin Li18, Ning Li18, Qiaoying Li18, Qinying Li18, Tao Li18, Wendong Li18, Li XingYun18, Zhao Li18, Guosheng Liang, Jie Lin7, Aihua Liu, Liu HongMin, Jia Liu17, Liu K, Yanchao Liu, Kexin Lou, Yehu Lu12, Feng Mao, Miao Juan, Xuejun Ni, Xiaojie Pan, Yun Pang, Peng Mei10, Peng ZhenYi10, Pi YanMin, Tingyue Qi22, Qin QianMiao22, Qing Shunhua22, QU Jian-feng, Ren Jinhe, RenaguLi AiSha, Rongrong Ru20, Tao Shen16, Shi HongWei, Jie Shi, Lei Shi17, Shou JinDuo, Song Liu4, Su DeMin, Sun AnYi, Sun Zhuogui, Tang Binhui, Tang Li Na, Qing Wan22, Fang Wang20, Jing Wang, Jinping Wang, Wang Li18, Wei Wang1, Xinfang Wang, Yali Wang, Yanbin Wang, Yanqing Wang, Yanzhen Wang, Yingchun Wang, Wang YuanSheng, Wang ZhaoRui, Changjun Wu21, Wu HaiYan21, Jianli Wu21, Jian Wu21, Liang Wu21, Linsong Wu21, Wu Qing22, Tao Wu21, Wu Ting21, Wu WenJing21, Wu ZhiLing21, Wu ZhongQiu21, Xiao LiFang, Xie ChuanWen, Xianhe Xie, Qiang Xu16, Xue Dong16, Jingbin Yan18, Jiping Yan18, Yang JianQing18, Jie Yang18, Qingya Yang18, Xiaoqing Yang18, Yang XueWen18, Yan Yang18, Yang YingMei18, Yang Yinguang18, Xinhua Ye, Yuquan Ye, Tao You, Yu Liang10, Xiaoling Yu10, Yuan Hui, Yuan Zhihong, Ze Liang, Shu-E Zeng, Hui Zhang20, Jian Zhang6, Jianlei Zhang20, Lijuan Zhang20, Lili Zhang20, Zhang Na20, Panpan Zhang20, Tong Zhang20, Wenjun Zhang20, Xiaodong Zhang20, Yan Zhang18, Yuhong Zhang20, Yuhua Zhang20, Yun‐Fei Zhang20, Zizhen Zhang20, Feng Zhao, Yu Zhao10, Hong Zhou23, Na Zhou1, Peng Zhou10, Ruhai Zhou1, Xian‐Li Zhou1, Yibo Zhou1, Bin Zhu, Zhu LiSha, Zhu Zheng, Zou Bao5
1Department of Ultrasound, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
2Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, The Affiliated Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital of Electronic Science and Technology University of China, Chengdu, China
3Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ultrasound, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin, China
4Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Medical Sciences, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
5Department of Ultrasound, SunYat-sen Memorial Hospital, SunYat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
6Department of Ultrasound, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
7Department of Ultrasound, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
8Department of Ultrasound, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
9Department of Ultrasound, Peking University International Hospital, Beijing, China
10Department of Ultrasound, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
11Department of Ultrasound, The Affiliated Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital of Electronic Science and Technology University of China, Chengdu, China
12Department of Ultrasound, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, China
13Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
14Department of Ultrasound, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
15Department of Ultrasound, Shanghai First People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
16Department of Ultrasound, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China
17Department of Ultrasound, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
18Department of Ultrasound, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, Kunming, China
19Department of Ultrasound, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
20Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
21Department of Ultrasound, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
22Department of Ultrasound, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
23Department of Ultrasound, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical Colloge, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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