{"id":2855,"date":"2021-12-08T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T00:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusfoundation.org\/?post_type=sw_disease_condition&#038;p=2855"},"modified":"2025-12-10T14:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:11:54","slug":"thyroid-nodules","status":"publish","type":"sw_disease_condition","link":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/diseases-and-conditions\/thyroid-nodules\/","title":{"rendered":"Thyroid Nodules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-focused-ultrasound-therapy\">Focused Ultrasound Therapy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound is a noninvasive, therapeutic technology with the potential to improve the quality of life and decrease the cost of care for patients with thyroid nodules. This novel technology focuses beams of ultrasound energy precisely and accurately on targets deep in the body without damaging surrounding normal tissue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How it Works<\/strong><br>Where the beams converge, focused ultrasound produces precise ablation (thermal destruction of tissue) enabling thyroid nodules to be treated without surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advantages<\/strong><br>The primary options for treatment of thyroid nodules include medication and invasive surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For certain patients, focused ultrasound could provide a noninvasive alternative to surgery with less risk of complications \u2013 such as surgical wound healing or infection \u2013 at a lower cost. It can reach the desired target without damaging surrounding tissue and is repeatable, if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clinical-trials\">Clinical Trials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/study\/NCT06524570?term=NCT06524570&amp;aggFilters=status:rec&amp;rank=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>clinical trial<\/strong><\/a> that is treating a wide variety of solid tumors with histotripsy and check point inhibitors.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/study\/NCT04233398?cond=Thyroid%20Nodule&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec&amp;rank=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>clinical trial<\/strong><\/a> that is organizing in China for the treatment of benign thyroid nodules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation updates these pages regularly, but with the increasing number of clinical trials, we want to be sure that our audience has the latest information available. Therefore, we also added the website search information for the above trials. If you click <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/search?cond=Thyroid%20Nodule&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, it will take you to the latest information available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/<\/strong><\/a>.<br><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/the-technology\/treatment-sites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See a list of treatment sites &gt;<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/the-technology\/research-sites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See a list of laboratory research sites &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-find-a-treatment-site\">Find a Treatment Site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/the-technology\/treatment-sites\/?indication=Thyroid%20Nodules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Search for a treatment center or clinical trial near you.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-regulatory-approval-and-reimbursement\">Regulatory Approval and Reimbursement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theraclion.com\/echopulse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Echopulse system<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;manufactured by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theraclion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Theraclion<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;is approved in Europe, Russia and Korea for treating thyroid nodules. Some European insurance companies are paying for focused ultrasound treatment of thyroid nodules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-notable-papers\">Notable Papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Due\u00f1as JP, Volpi EM, Voogd A, Sanabria \u00c1, Zund S, Novelli JL, Kowalski LP.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41312853\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The clinical utility of thermal ablation procedures in thyroid nodules: Latin American Thyroid Society (LATS) surgical affairs committee expert opinion. Part 2<\/a><\/strong>. Arch Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Nov 28;69(6):e250129. doi: 10.20945\/2359-4292-2025-0129. PMID: 41312853\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mattarello MJ, De Santi F, Mingardi R, Peron C, Mazzucco M. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/39069800\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Thermoablation Using Radiofrequency and Microwaves of Autonomous Thyroid Nodules: Our Experience<\/strong><\/a>. Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2024 Jul 26. doi: 10.2174\/0118715303322650240722095733. PMID: 39069800&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vorl\u00e4nder C. <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38772926\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Local ablative procedures for treatment of thyroid nodules<\/strong><\/a>. [Original Title: Lokalablative Verfahren zur Behandlung von Schilddr\u00fcsenknoten.] Chirurgie (Heidelb). 2024 May 21. doi: 10.1007\/s00104-024-02101-1. PMID: 38772926&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=(%22focused+ultrasound%22+OR+HIFU)+and+%22thyroid%22+and+%22nodule%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> for additional references from PubMed.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"sw_disease_condition_cat":[24],"sw_disease_condition_stage":[19,20],"class_list":["post-2855","sw_disease_condition","type-sw_disease_condition","status-publish","hentry","sw_disease_condition_cat-endocrine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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