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Developing a tool that could reliably refute total thyroidectomy for solitary Bethesda IV thyroid nodules.
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Bakkar Sohail, Macerola Elisabetta, Proietti Agnese, Aljarrah Qusai, Al-Omar Khaled, Materazzi Gabriele, Basolo Fulvio, Miccoli Paolo
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PURPOSE: To assess the reliability of a simple, accessible, cost-effective rule-out tool, for use in triaging patients with Bethesda IV nodules to appropriate surgery. METHODS: The diagnostic tool was assembled by combining the negativity for suspicious ultrasound features (irregular margins, microcalcification, and a taller-than-wide orientation), and mutational marker negativity (BRAF and NRAS). The tool,...
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