Clinical Efficacy of Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Thyroid Nodules in Males

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 645-650

  Schiro, Adam J ^a   Pinchot, Scott N ^a   Chen, Herbert ^a   Sippel, Rebecca S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

fine needle aspiration biopsy; males; thyroid cancer; thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949492377     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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