The prevalence of thyroid cancer has been shown to be similar in patients with a solitary nodule and patients with multiple nodules [30]. In glands with multiple nodules, the recommendation of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) is to biopsy nodules that are >10 mm and those that have suspicious features [15].
Rational Numbers: Any number that can be written in fraction form is a rational number. This includes integers, terminating decimals, and repeating decimals as well as fractions. An integer can be written as a fraction simply by giving it a denominator of one, so any integer is a rational number.
A transcendental number is a (possibly complex) number that is not the root of any integer polynomial, meaning that it is not an algebraic number of any degree. Every real transcendental number must also be irrational, since a rational number is, by definition, an algebraic number of degree one.