The bethesda thyroid fine-needle aspiration classification system: Year 1 at an academic institution

Thyroid

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1215-1223

  Theoharis, Constantine G A ^a   Schofield, Kevin M ^a   Hammers, Lynwood ^a   Udelsman, Robert ^a   Chhieng, David C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; BETHESDA THYROID FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449364033     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2009.0155     Document Type: Article

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