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hot nodule

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-003973

When radioactive material is used to examine the thyroid with a scanner, nodules that collect more radioactive material than the surrounding thyroid tissue are considered "hot." Hot nodules are rarely malignant. Hot nodules are sometimes called hyperfunctioning nodules.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-003973
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-003973",
  "term": "hot nodule",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "When radioactive material is used to examine the thyroid with a scanner, nodules that collect more radioactive material than the surrounding thyroid tissue are considered \"hot.\" Hot nodules are rarely malignant. Hot nodules are sometimes called hyperfunctioning nodules.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/hot-nodule/"
}

Record 8,627 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.