2014
Risk stratification in follicular neoplasm: A cytological assessment using the modified bethesda classification
Ustun B, Chhieng D, Van Dyke A, Carling T, Holt E, Udelsman R, Adeniran AJ. Risk stratification in follicular neoplasm: A cytological assessment using the modified bethesda classification. Cancer Cytopathology 2014, 122: 536-545. PMID: 24753500, DOI: 10.1002/cncy.21425.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHürthle cell neoplasmsFollicular neoplasmPapillary thyroid carcinomaFollicular lesionsBethesda classificationRisk stratificationFollicular variantThyroid carcinomaCytological diagnosisThyroid fine-needle aspiration (FNA) casesThyroid cytologyAggressive surgical managementHigh positive predictive valueSurgical pathology reportsPositive predictive valueFine-needle aspiration casesSurgical managementPathology reportsCell neoplasmsCurrent recommendationsNuclear atypiaCytology recordsCytological assessmentDiagnostic lobectomyNeoplasmsFollicular 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 analysisLymphadenectomyThyroidectomyBiopsyThe Epidemic of Thyroid Cancer in the United States: The Role of Endocrinologists and Ultrasounds
Udelsman R, Zhang Y. The Epidemic of Thyroid Cancer in the United States: The Role of Endocrinologists and Ultrasounds. Thyroid 2013, 24: 472-479. PMID: 23937391, PMCID: PMC3949447, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2013.0257.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedSEER ProgramThyroid GlandThyroid NeoplasmsUltrasonographyUnited StatesWhite PeopleConceptsCervical ultrasonography
1998
Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Microsatellite Polymorphism Analysis of Follicular and Hürthle Cell Neoplasms of the Thyroid1
Segev D, Saji M, Phillips G, Westra W, Takiyama Y, Piantadosi S, Smallridge R, Nishiyama R, Udelsman R, Zeiger M. Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Microsatellite Polymorphism Analysis of Follicular and Hürthle Cell Neoplasms of the Thyroid1. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 1998, 83: 2036-2042. PMID: 9626136, DOI: 10.1210/jcem.83.6.4882.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPCR-based microsatellite polymorphism analysisMicrosatellite polymorphism analysisFollicular neoplasmCell neoplasmsAllelic alterationsSurgical managementIntraoperative frozen section examinationVariants of follicular neoplasmsPreoperative fine-needle aspirationPolymorphism analysisRecommended surgical managementFrozen section examinationOptimal surgical managementChromosome arms 1qFine-needle aspirationFisher's exact testAdenoma to carcinomaTumor suppressor geneFollicular carcinomaFollicular adenomaThyroid neoplasmsCell carcinomaMalignant lesionsNeedle aspirationAspirated material