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Thyroid nodule update

1 January 2015 | | Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery | Evaluation, Thyroid, Thyroid cancer, Thyroid neoplasm risk, Thyroid nodule
This excellent article summarises the current diagnostic difficulties with an endocrine gland that frequently produces nodules, some of which may harbour malignancy. At 50 years of age and over there is about a 50% chance of having a nodule; at...

Expanding the role of FNA in thyroid nodule decision-making

1 November 2016 | | BRAF, cytology, fine-needle aspiration (FNA), papillary thyroid cancer, preoperative diagnosis
Papillary thyroid cancer, the commonest histological type, has been extensively reported as having BRAF proto-oncogene mutations (most commonly the V600E mutation). There is great interest in BRAF as a molecular marker, particularly as a prognostic factor that may guide the...