This document provides guidelines for evaluating and managing thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer. It recommends that thyroid sonography be performed on all patients with known or suspected thyroid nodules to evaluate the thyroid parenchyma, nodule characteristics, and cervical lymph nodes. Nodules are classified based on sonographic features into categories of high, intermediate, low, or very low suspicion of malignancy. It provides treatment recommendations based on nodule size, characteristics, extrathyroidal extension, and lymph node involvement.