2014
Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Accuracy of FNA Diagnosis and Implications for Patient Management
Ustun B, Chhieng D, Prasad ML, Holt E, Hammers L, Carling T, Udelsman R, Adeniran AJ. Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Accuracy of FNA Diagnosis and Implications for Patient Management. Endocrine Pathology 2014, 25: 257-264. PMID: 24696132, DOI: 10.1007/s12022-014-9301-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFinal diagnosisPapillary thyroid carcinomaCytologic diagnosisDiagnostic accuracySurgical interventionFollicular variantPatient managementThyroid carcinomaFollicular lesionsFine needle aspiration cytologyDiagnostic studiesFollicular neoplasm casesSubsequent surgical interventionBethesda classification systemDiagnosis of FVPTCFinal histologic diagnosisAccuracy of cytologyNeedle aspiration cytologyThyroid fine needle aspiration cytologyPercentage of casesBRAF mutation analysisCompletion thyroidectomyTotal thyroidectomyHistologic confirmationRetrospective review
2013
Thyroid Cancer
Carling T, Udelsman R. Thyroid Cancer. Annual Review Of Medicine 2013, 65: 125-137. PMID: 24274180, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-med-061512-105739.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThyroid cancerCentral cervical lymph node dissectionCervical lymph node dissectionPreoperative fine needle biopsyLymph node dissectionAdvanced thyroid cancerFavorable natural historyMost thyroid cancersFine-needle biopsyNode dissectionTotal thyroidectomyDrug therapyClinical trialsTargetable pathwaysMortality rateRadioactive iodineNatural historyCancerAppropriate useAppropriate extentDiagnostic purposesMolecular analysisLymphadenectomyThyroidectomyBiopsy