Adequacy criteria for thyroid FNA evaluated by ThinPrep slides only

CONCLUSIONSIn thyroid FNA examined with TP only, lowering the adequacy threshold and eliminating the requirement of 6 groups of at least 10 cells did not significantly affect test performance if cytological features associated with malignancy were absent. Cancer Cytopathol 2017. © 2017 American Cancer Society.

Source: Cancer Cytopathology - March 1, 2017 Category: Pathology Authors: Marina Vivero, Andrew A. Renshaw, Jeffrey F. Krane Tags: Original Article Source Type: research