ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021
Diagnostic Efficacy of Ultrasound, Cytology, and BRAF
Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Conventional ultrasound combined with contrast-enhanced ultrasound for differentiating benign and malignant thyroid nodules.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Comparing the diagnostic accuracy of pre-operative genetic testing for thyroid cancer on fine needle aspiration cytology specimens: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- The combined detection of aspiration biopsy, computed tomography and BRAFV600E gene has high diagnostic value for papillary thyroid carcinoma.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Construction and validation of a predictive model for lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- US of thyroid nodules: can AI-assisted diagnostic system compete with fine needle aspiration?European radiology · 2024Article
- BRAF p.V600E genetic testing based on ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy improves the malignancy rate in thyroid surgery: our single-center experience in the past 10 years.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Article
- Age andInternational journal of general medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundUltrasound, cytology, and BRAF
methodsA total of 1,081 patients with 1,157 thyroid nodules (0.5-1 cm in maximum diameter) classified as thyroid imaging reporting and data system (TIRADS) 4-5 were recruited. All patients underwent ultrasound, fine-needle aspiration (FNA) examination, and an additional BRAF
resultsOf the 1,157 nodules, 587 were benign and 570 were PTMCs. BRAF
conclusionThe combined use of ultrasound, cytology, and BRAF
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