An ultrasonogram reporting system for thyroid nodules stratifying cancer risk for clinical management

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1748-1751

  Horvath, Eleonora ^a   Majlis, Sergio ^a   Rossi, Ricardo ^a   Franco, Carmen ^b   Niedmann, Juan P ^a   Castro, Alex ^a   Dominguez, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^b Instituto Anatomia Patológica   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; COLLOID CYST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID IMAGING REPORTING DATA SYSTEM; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 66149088130     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-1724     Document Type: Article

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