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Suspicious ultrasound characteristics predict BRAF V600E-positive papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Jun 2012
Kabaker Adam S, Tublin Mitchell E, Nikiforov Yuri E, Armstrong Michaele J, Hodak Steven P, Stang Michael T, McCoy Kelly L, Carty Sally E, Yip Linwah
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BACKGROUND: Current American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines recommend routine cervical ultrasound (US) in thyroid nodule evaluation. Specific US characteristics can help diagnose papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). The aim of this blinded cohort study was to determine whether these specific US characteristics can also reliably detect the more aggressive variants of PTC that are often associated with the...
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