Clinicopathologic characteristics of thyroid gland tumorous pathology in accordance with the data of surgical material
The analysis of nodular pathology of the thyroid gland according to the morphological study of 5684 patients undergoing treatment in hospitals in Nizhny Novgorod and the region in the period from 1995 to 2011. Benign (thyroid adenoma) and malignant (papillary and follicular thyroid cancer), thyroid tumors accounted for 28% of all cases. Over the study period there was a decrease of middle-aged patients. The structure of the thyroid tumor pathology increased number of malignant tumors (papillary or follicular cancer), compared to benign (adenoma).