Role of surgeon-performed ultrasound in predicting malignancy in patients with indeterminate thyroid nodules

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2487-2492

  Méndez, William ^a,b   Rodgers, Steven E ^b   Lew, John I ^b   Montano, Raquel ^b   Solórzano, Carmen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

FNA; Indeterminate; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid nodules; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOCYTOMA; PREDICTION; SURGEON; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 50049112696     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0052-6     Document Type: Article

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