Comparison of 5-tiered and 6-tiered diagnostic systems for the reporting of thyroid cytopathology

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-125

  Bongiovanni, Massimo ^a   Crippa, Stefano ^a   Baloch, Zubair ^b   Piana, Simonetta ^c   Spitale, Alessandra ^a   Pagni, Fabio ^d   Mazzucchelli, Luca ^a   Di Bella, Camillo ^d   Faquin, William ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova ^*  (Italy)

^d DESIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bethesda; Fine needle aspiration; Italian Society for Anatomic Pathology and Cytopathology International Academy of Pathology (SIAPEC IAP); Reporting system; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID NODULE; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861667814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.20195     Document Type: Article

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