Prevalence of malignancy within cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 459-462

  Miller, Barbara ^a   Burkey, Shelby ^a   Lindberg, Guy ^a   Snyder III, William H ^a   Nwariaku, Fiemu E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Cancer; Fine needle aspiration; Follicular; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TEXAS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 8544233510     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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