Thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology: A review of the National Cancer Institute state of the science symposium

Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-85

  Layfield, L J ^a   Cibas, E S ^b   Baloch, Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Terminology guidelines; Thyroid; Thyroid tumours

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HUMANS; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77749283856     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2010.00750.x     Document Type: Review

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