Thyroid FNAC cytology: Can we do it better?

Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-10

  Poller, D N ^a   Stelow, E B ^b   Yiangou, C ^a  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification systems; Cytodiagnosis; Cytology; FNAC; Inadequate samples; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASOUND;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 38149024906     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2007.00492.x     Document Type: Review

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