Andrey Bychkov

Nov 6, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Andrey Bychkov |Binnur Önal |James Chow

1 IntroductionThe thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland in the neck on which nodules – small fluid or solid lumps – can develop. These nodules are detectable with palpation in about 2–6% of the population and with ultrasound in around 19–67% (1). Most are benign, but approximately 5% are cancerous (2).

Feb 16, 2023 | thepathologist.com | Andrey Bychkov

Click here to download a PDF version of the heat mapClick here to download the raw data PDFAn ever-increasing workload and an insufficiency of pathologists; it’s an old story and we know it well. At least, we think we do – but how many of us know the actual numbers behind this received wisdom? And does the numerical imbalance stay the same from region to region, country to country?