Afirma benign thyroid nodules show similar growth to cytologically benign nodules during follow-up

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2015, Pages E1477-E1483

  Angell, Trevor E ^a   Frates, Mary C ^a   Medici, Marco ^a,b   Liu, Xiaoyun ^a,c   Kwong, Norra ^a   Cibas, Edmund S ^a   Kim, Matthew I ^a   Marqusee, Ellen ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLASSIFIER; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MASSACHUSETTS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REOPERATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THYROID GLAND;

TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BOSTON; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR BURDEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953758710     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2015-2658     Document Type: Article

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