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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Towards an Integrated Multi-Omic Approach to Improve the Diagnostic Accuracy of Fine-Needle Aspiration in Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate Cytology.

Monia Bordoni, Nairus Aboud, Francesca Silvetti, Augusto Taccaliti, Giancarlo Balercia, Gianmaria Salvio

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Monia BordoniDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Tronto 10/A, 60126 Ancona, Italy.
Nairus AboudDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Tronto 10/A, 60126 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-2827-5587
Francesca SilvettiDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Tronto 10/A, 60126 Ancona, Italy.
Augusto TaccalitiDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Tronto 10/A, 60126 Ancona, Italy.
Giancarlo BalerciaDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Tronto 10/A, 60126 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1286-1521
Gianmaria SalvioDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Tronto 10/A, 60126 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9290-5699

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroid nodules are accidentally found in up to 68% of people undergoing neck ultrasound (US) examination, and fine needle aspiration (FNA) is the current gold standard to discriminate between malignancy and benign lesions. Unfortunately, one-third of FNAs are classified as indeterminate, requiring surgery for definitive diagnosis. This leads to high costs and health risks of unnecessary procedures, since malignancies are observed in less than half of operative specimens. This narrative review aims to describe the most innovative multi-omics approach techniques, including genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, aimed at making the preoperative evaluation of indeterminate thyroid nodules more accurate. The advantages and disadvantages of the techniques are described in detail, and a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis of the multi-omic approach is provided.

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follicular adenomafollicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear featuresgenomicsmass spectrometrymetabolomicsproteomicsspectroscopythyroid cancer

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PMID40564827
PMCPMC12192114

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