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Follicular thyroid lesions, elements that affect both diagnosis and prognosis
Author(s) -
Zeiger Martha A.,
Dackiw Alan P.B.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.20186
Subject(s) - medicine , follicular phase , thyroid , affect (linguistics) , confounding , thyroid cancer , follicular carcinoma , pathology , thyroid nodules , oncology , gynecology , thyroid carcinoma , philosophy , linguistics , papillary carcinoma
The precise diagnosis of follicular thyroid lesions is frequently debated because of the subjective nature of capsular invasion as well as both the histological and cytological characteristics. Furthermore, several different prognostic indices have been devised to examine prognosis associated with thyroid cancer. Herein, we describe how these confounding elements can affect the ability to accurately predict prognosis for patients with follicular thyroid lesions. J. Surg. Oncol. 2005;89:108–113. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.