Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules: A diagnostic method that minimizes the need for surgery: Postgraduate Medicine: Vol 80, No 4

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“Fine-needle aspiration biopsy should serve as the primary method of evaluating thyroid nodules,” contend Dr Fitz-Patrick and his coauthors. A strong statement but one clearly backed by the results of their 30-month study of 186 patients. Indeed, their use of this relatively new diagnostic procedure cut the odds of an unnecessary operation for thyroid cancer by more than half.

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