Surgical utility of Afirma: effects of high cancer prevalence and oncocytic cell types in patients with indeterminate thyroid cytology

The Afirma Gene Expression Classifier (GEC) molecular marker assay was developed for the purpose of improving surgical decision-making with indeterminate fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies of thyroid nodules. In this paper, we analyze the performance of the GEC over 27 months in a community hospi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Endocrine practice 2014-04, Vol.20 (4), p.364-369
Hauptverfasser:	Harrell, R Mack, Bimston, David N
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biopsy, Fine-Needle Humans Predictive Value of Tests Prevalence Thyroid Gland - pathology Thyroid Neoplasms - epidemiology Thyroid Nodule - pathology Thyroid Nodule - surgery Thyroidectomy
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