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Diagnostic potential of ancillary molecular testing in differentiation of benign and malignant thyroid nodules.
Anticancer research - 1 Mar 2015
Bhatia Parisha, Deniwar Ahmed, Friedlander Paul, Aslam Rizwan, Kandil Emad
Abstract excerpt
Fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology, being the mainstay to diagnose thyroid nodules, does not provide definitive results in a subset of patients. The use of molecular markers testing has been described as a useful aid in differentiation of thyroid nodules that present with an indeterminate cytodiagnosis. Molecular tests, such as the Afirma gene classifier, mutational assay and immunohistochemical markers have...
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