Protocol for the Examination of Specimens from Patients with Carcinomas of the Thyroid Gland

Authors Ronald Ghossein, MD, FCAP* Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Sylvia L. Asa, MD, PhD, FCAP Department of Pathology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON Leon Barnes, MD Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA John Chan, MD, FCAP Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong Louis B. Harrison, MD Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals, New York, NY Clara S. Heffess, MD Department of Otorhinolaryngic and Endocrine Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Washington, DC Jennifer Leigh Hunt, MD, FCAP Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Mary S. Richardson, MD, DDS, FCAP Department of Pathology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC Jatin Shah, MD, FACS Department of Head and Neck Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Lester D. R. Thompson, MD, FCAP Department of Pathology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Woodland Hills, CA Bruce M. Wenig, MD, FCAP*† Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals, New York, NY For the Members of the Cancer Committee, College of American Pathologists