The National Cancer Institute Thyroid fine needle aspiration state of the science conference: A summation

CytoJournal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Baloch, Zubair W ^a   Cibas, Edmund S ^b   Clark, Douglas P ^c   Layfield, Lester J ^d   Ljung, Britt Marie ^e   Pitman, Martha Bishop ^f   Abati, Andrea ^g  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; THYROTROPIN;

ACCREDITATION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOCYTOMA; PALPATION; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATIENT CODING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID INCIDENTALOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 43149085821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17426413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6413-5-6     Document Type: Review

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