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Outcome of thyroid ultrasound screening in FAP patients with a normal baseline exam

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Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a hereditary cancer syndrome associated with a substantial lifetime risk for colorectal cancer. The leading extra-colonic causes of cancer in FAP include duodenal and thyroid cancer (TC). Recent guidelines recommend annual thyroid ultrasound (TUS) screening beginning in the teenage years but the evidence to support the interval particularly in FAP patients with a normal baseline ultrasound is lacking. TUS results from FAP patients enrolled in a thyroid screening program from 2006 to 2016 and who had at least 2 TUS were reviewed. TUS findings were classified as normal, low (LR) or high risk (HR) for TC based on nodule characteristics as determined by American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines. We assessed the incidence of TC in patient with normal baseline TUS and factors associated with TC. 264 FAP patients were included. Baseline TUS was normal in 167, LR in 74, and HR in 24 patients. Patients were observed for a mean 4.8 years and underwent an average of 3 TUS. Patients with normal baseline TUS did not develop TC during the course of follow up of 5.1 years. TC developed in 6 patients (2.3%) all with baseline nodules; 5 in the LR group and 1 in the HR group. Factors associated with development of TC were presence of baseline nodule(s) and female sex. The development of TC in FAP patients in a TUS screening program with short term follow up is low and no FAP patient with a normal baseline TUS developed TC during observation. Annual TUS in patients with a normal baseline TUS may not be needed. Extending the screening interval to 2 years may be reasonable until nodules are detected.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Marc Monachese

  2. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Gautam Mankaney & Carol A. Burke

  3. Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Rocio Lopez

  4. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Margaret O’Malley, Lisa Laguardia, Matthew F. Kalady, James Church & Carol A. Burke

  5. Sanford R. Weiss MD Center for Hereditary Colorectal Neoplasia, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Margaret O’Malley, Lisa Laguardia, Matthew F. Kalady, James Church, Joyce Shin & Carol A. Burke

  6. Department of Endocrine Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Joyce Shin

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Monachese, M., Mankaney, G., Lopez, R. et al. Outcome of thyroid ultrasound screening in FAP patients with a normal baseline exam. Familial Cancer 18, 75–82 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10689-018-0097-z

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