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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Thyroid Cancer: Screening

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Systematic Review

Source: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Last Reviewed: May 2017

Workgroups: Cancer Workgroup, Access to Health Services Workgroup

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends against thyroid cancer screening in the general population. This recommendation applies to adults who:

  • Don’t have a family history of thyroid cancer
  • Don’t have previous exposure
  • Don’t have certain inherited genetic cancer conditions
  • Don’t have symptoms
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Objectives related to this resource (2)

Reduce the overall cancer death rate — C‑01
Improving
Increase the proportion of adults who get recommended evidence-based preventive health care — AHS‑08
Getting worse

Suggested Citation

1.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. (2017). Thyroid Cancer: Screening. Retrieved from https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/thyroid-cancer-screening