Should all patients with subcentimeter thyroid nodules undergo fine-needle aspiration biopsy and preoperative neck ultrasonography to define the extent of tumor invasion?

Thyroid

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 597-602

  Mazzaferri, Ernest L ^a,b,c   Sipos, Jennifer ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOPSY; CANCER INVASION; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CANCER; PAPILLARY MICROCARCINOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; HUMANS; NECK; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 46349093530     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2008.0100     Document Type: Review

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