Open AccessEvaluation of the Effect of Diagnostic Molecular Testing on the Surgical Decision-Making Process for Patients With Thyroid Nodules
Author(s) -
Salem I. Noureldine,
Alireza Najafian,
Patricia Aragon Han,
Matthew T. Olson,
Dane J. Genther,
Eric B. Schneider,
Jason D. Prescott,
Nishant Agrawal,
Aarti Mathur,
Martha A. Zeiger,
Ralph P. Tufano
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama otolaryngology–head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.571
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 2168-619X
pISSN - 2168-6181
DOI - 10.1001/jamaoto.2016.0850
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid nodules , thyroid , cytopathology , malignancy , histopathology , prospective cohort study , radiological weapon , nodule (geology) , radiology , general surgery , surgery , pathology , cytology , biology , paleontology
Diagnostic molecular testing is used in the workup of thyroid nodules. While these tests appear to be promising in more definitively assigning a risk of malignancy, their effect on surgical decision making has yet to be demonstrated.
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