Open AccessPresurgical screening of fine needle aspirates from thyroid nodules for BRAF mutations: A prospective single center experience
Author(s) -
Hemalatha Ramamoorthy,
Rekha Pai,
M.T. Manipadam,
Grace Rebekah,
Anish Jacob Cherian,
Deepak Thomas Abraham,
Simon Rajaratnam,
Thomas Nicolaï,
Pooja Ramakant,
Paul Jacob
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/ijem.ijem_126_18
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid carcinoma , malignancy , atypia , thyroid nodules , pathology , thyroid , prospective cohort study , fine needle aspiration , sanger sequencing , oncology , biopsy , mutation , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Analysis of BRAF V600E mutation in thyroid fine needle aspirates (FNA) is an important adjunct to cytology, particularly among FNA placed in the "indeterminate category." However, such a prospective evaluation of FNA obtained from patients with thyroid nodules has been lacking from India.