Diagnostic value of thyroglobulin assay in cervical lymph node fine-needle aspirations for metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-13

  Giovanella, Luca ^a,b   Bongiovanni, Massimo ^c   Trimboli, Pierpaolo ^d  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d Piazza San Bartolomeo All'Isola 21   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytology; Differentiated thyroid carcinoma; Fine needle aspiration; Lymph nodes; Thyro

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; ASSAY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NECK; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84871961103     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: 1531703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e32835a9ab1     Document Type: Review

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