PREDICTIVE INDEX FOR CARCINOMA OF THYROID NODULES AND ITS INTEGRATION WITH FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY

Kuru, Bekir; Gulcelik, Nese; Gulcelik, Mehmet; Dincer, Halil

doi:10.1002/hed.21049

PREDICTIVE INDEX FOR CARCINOMA OF THYROID NODULES AND ITS INTEGRATION WITH FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY

Kuru B., Gulcelik N. E., Gulcelik M. A., Dincer H.

HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK, vol.31, no.7, pp.856-866, 2009 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 31 Issue: 7
Publication Date: 2009
Doi Number: 10.1002/hed.21049
Journal Name: HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.856-866
Keywords: thyroid nodules, predictive factors for thyroid cancer, predictive index for thyroid malignancy, fine-needle aspiration cytology, follicular neoplasm, SERUM THYROGLOBULIN, FOLLICULAR NEOPLASMS, SONOGRAPHIC CRITERIA, PHYSICAL-EXAMINATION, CLINICAL-PARAMETERS, MULTINODULAR GOITER, MANAGEMENT, BIOPSY, MALIGNANCY, DIAGNOSIS
Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background. The objective of this study was to select patients for resection of thyroid malignity among patients with thyroid nodules by integration of predictive indices with fire-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC).