Article
Increased diagnostic sensitivity of palpation-guided thyroid nodule fine-needle aspiration cytology by BRAF V600E-mutation analysis.
The journal of pathology. Clinical research - 1 Nov 2021
Gimm Oliver, Ivansson Kristin, Beka Ervin, Rossitti Hugo M, Garvin Stina, Söderkvist Peter
Abstract excerpt
Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid cancer and its incidence is increasing. Preoperative diagnosis is warranted in order to avoid 'two-stage' procedures that are associated with additional costs and higher radioactive iodine remnant uptake. In the setting of thyro...
Topics
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Biopsy, Fine-Needle
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Humans
- Image-Guided Biopsy
- Mutation
- Palpation
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf
- Reproducibility of Results
- Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
- Thyroid Neoplasms
- Ultrasonography
