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Abstract

p < 0.05). The incidence of nodal metastases in the mass-screening group (38%) was significantly lower than in the outpatient group (68%) ( p < 0.05). Thus mass screening seemed to find thyroid cancers in a relatively early stage. Mass screening for thyroid cancer was economic in this instance because it was performed together with screening for other cancers, such as breast cancer. Thyroid cancer screening required less than one additional minute per subject. The ultimate aim of mass screening is to reduce mortality. No improvement in prognosis from enforced mass screening for thyroid cancer was detected in this study. It cannot be demonstrated that there is sufficient value of mass screening for thyroid cancer to perform it independently despite early cancer detection.

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