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ArticleThyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association2020

The Presence of Hürthle Cells Does Not Increase the Risk of Malignancy in Most Bethesda Categories in Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspirates.

Yin Ren, Natalia Kyriazidis, William C Faquin, Selen Soylu, Dipti Kamani, Rayan Saade, Nicole Torchia, Carrie Lubitz, Louise Davies, Nikolaos Stathatos and 2 more

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Article in Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Oncocytes in Thyroid Aspirates-Implications of Clinical Parameters and Cytologic Diagnosis.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yin RenDivision of Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Natalia KyriazidisDivision of Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
William C FaquinDepartment of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Selen SoyluDivision of Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Dipti KamaniDivision of Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Rayan SaadeDivision of Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Nicole TorchiaDivision of Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Carrie LubitzDepartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Louise DaviesVA Outcomes Group, White River Junction Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont.
Nikolaos StathatosDepartment of Medicine, Thyroid Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Antonia E StephenDepartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Gregory W RandolphDivision of Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Strategies to Overcome Immune Resistance in Head and Neck CancersP01CA240239 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MEMPEL, THORSTEN ROMAN · 2019 to 2023
$8.4M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA240239
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Adenocarcinoma, FollicularAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiopsy, Fine-NeedleCytodiagnosisFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOxyphil CellsRetrospective StudiesThyroid GlandThyroid NeoplasmsThyroid NoduleBethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathologyfine-needle aspirationHürthle celloncocytesrate of malignancythyroid malignancy

Identifiers

PMID32013786
PMCPMC7476384
OpenAlexW3004634450

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Registered trials

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