Liquid-based FNAC of the thyroid : A 4-year survey with surepath

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-67

  Geers, Caroline ^a   Bourgain, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fine needle aspiration; Neoplasia; Nodule; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTINODULAR GOITER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; THYROID TUMOR;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 79953159302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.20125     Document Type: Article

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