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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Your Patient Has a Thyroid Nodule – What Now?
Description: Guest: Jan L. Kasperbauer, M.D.
Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. (@ChutkaMD)
Thyroid nodules are commonly found in patients by primary care providers, either by physical exam or incidentally by a variety of imaging studies. Fortunately, the vast majority of thyroid nodules are benign, however as primary care providers we need to be comfortable in evaluating them to rule out the possibility that they represent a thyroid cancer. Joining us is Dr. Jan Kasperbauer, an otolaryngologist at the Mayo Clinic. We discuss risk factors for thyroid cancer, how a primary care provider should evaluate...