Implementation of evidence-based guidelines for thyroid nodule biopsy: A model for establishment of practice standards

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 655-660

  Hambly, Niamh M ^a,b   Gonen, Mithat ^a   Gerst, Scott R ^a   Li, Duan ^a   Jia, Xiaoyu ^a   Mironov, Svetlana ^a   Sarasohn, Debra ^a   Fleming, Stephen E ^a   Hann, Lucy E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Malignancy rating scale; Thyroid malignancy; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 79952256246     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4577     Document Type: Article

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