The indeterminate thyroid fine-needle aspiration: Experience from an academic center using terminology similar to that proposed in the 2007 national cancer institute thyroid fine needle aspiration state of the science conference

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-202

  Nayar, Ritu ^a,b   Ivanovic, Marina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Fine needle aspiration; Management guidelines; Reporting system; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NOMENCLATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70149119767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.20029     Document Type: Article

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