Comparison of core-needle biopsy and fine-needle biopsy in screening for thyroid malignancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
CONCLUSION: CNB has higher diagnostic accuracy than repeat FNA for thyroid nodules with prior non-diagnostic FNA results. There is no significant difference in diagnostic performance of CNB and FNA as first-line diagnostic tools.
PMID: 27010079 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research
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