Misclassification of Cytologic Diagnoses in Patients with Follicular Lesions or Follicular Neoplasms of the Thyroid Gland: Implications for Patient Care and Clinical Research

Cancer

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 323-324

  Sarlis, Nicholas J ^a   Gourgiotis, Loukas ^a   Filie, Armando C ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 0037176183     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10884     Document Type: Review

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