Long-term assessment of a multidisciplinary approach to thyroid nodule diagnostic evaluation

Cancer

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 508-516

  Yassa, Leila ^a   Cibas, Edmund S ^a   Benson, Carol B ^a   Frates, Mary C ^a   Doubilet, Peter M ^a   Gawande, Atul A ^a   Moore Jr , Francis D ^a   Kim, Brian W ^a   Nosé, Vânia ^a   Marqusee, Ellen ^a   Larsen, P Reed ^a   Alexander, Erik K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Malignancy; Neoplasm; Nodules; Thyroid; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 37349016238     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23116     Document Type: Article

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