Thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy and thyroid cancer diagnosis: a nationwide population-based study.

BACKGROUND:Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine gland malignancy and fine-needle aspiration biopsy is widely used for thyroid nodule evaluation. Repeated aspiration biopsies are needed due to plausible false-negative results. This study aimed to investigate the overall relationship between as...

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Main Authors: Li-Ying Huang, Ya-Ling Lee, Pesus Chou, Wei-Yih Chiu, Dachen Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4447367?pdf=render