The Bethesda system for reporting thyroid fine needle aspirates: A cytologic study with histologic follow-up
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Malignancy risk for fine-needle aspiration of thyroid lesions according to the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology.
Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is an important test for triaging patients with thyroid nodules. The 2007 National Cancer Institute Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration State-of-the-Science Conference helped instigate the recent publication of The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology. We reviewed 3,080 thyroid FNA samples and recorded interpretations according to the proposed standardized...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cytology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0970-9371
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9371.112650