Thyroglobulin measurements in fine-needle aspiration cytology of lymph nodes for the detection of metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 440-448

  Li, Qing Kay ^a   Nugent, Summer L ^a   Straseski, Joely ^a   Cooper, David ^b   Riedel, Stefan ^a   Askin, Frederic B ^a   Sokoll, Lori J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Fine needle aspiration thyroglobulin level; Lymph node metastasis; Papillary thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

CYTOLOGY; FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION; FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION THYROGLOBULIN LEVEL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84885023765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.21285     Document Type: Article

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