Background: Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is a rare but highly lethal form of thyroid
cancer. Since the guidelines for the management of ATC by the American Thyroid …

Background: Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is a rare but highly lethal form of thyroid
cancer. Rapid evaluation and establishment of treatment goals are imperative for optimum …

Reporting schemes for thyroid fine‐needle aspirations in the literature were reviewed and
classified according to the number of categories in the scheme and the significance of each …

The quality of reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy is less than optimal. Complete and
accurate reporting is necessary to enable readers to assess the potential for bias in the …

Since 1991, a nationwide histopathology and cytopathology network and archive is in
operation in The Netherlands under the name PALGA, encompassing all sixty‐four …

Objective To analyse trends in diagnostic practices of thyroid diseases and to relate them to
the increase in thyroid cancer incidence in France over time. Design From 1980 to 2000, a …

Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of thyroid nodules is minimally invasive and safe and is
usually performed on an outpatient basis. However, the optimal application of FNA requires …

Clinicians have become reliant on fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology in the diagnosis of
thyroid nodules. We encountered several patients who had thyroid cancer at operation …

S. Kaushal, VK Iyer, SR Mathur and R. Ray Fine needle aspiration cytology of medullary
carcinoma of the thyroid with a focus on rare variants: a review of 78 cases Background: The …

Fine‐needle aspiration cytology is the single most important diagnostic test for the
evaluation of patients with thyroid nodules. Prerequisites for attaining high degrees of …