Predictors of malignancy in preoperative nondiagnostic biopsies of the thyroid

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-400

  Mendelson, Asher A ^a   Tamilia, Michael ^a   Rivera, Juan ^b   Hier, Michael P ^a   Sherman, Mark ^b   Garfield, Natasha ^b   Black, Martin J ^a   Rochon, Louise ^a   Gologan, Olguta ^c   Payne, Richard J ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Risk factors; Thyroid carcinoma; Thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; ONCOCYTOMA; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 67049173243     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2009.080140     Document Type: Article

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