Predictive index for carcinoma of thyroid nodules and its integration with fine-needle aspiration cytology

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 856-866

  Kuru, Bekir ^a   Gulcelik, Nese Ersoz ^b,c   Gulcelik, Mehmet Ali ^b,c   Dincer, Halil ^b  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA ONCOLOGY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; Follicular neoplasm; Predictive factors for thyroid cancer; Predictive index for thyroid malignancy; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CALCIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID TUMOR; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650490319     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21049     Document Type: Article

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