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    Diagn Cytopathol. 2008 Jun;36(6):438-41.

    Utilization of ancillary studies in thyroid fine needle aspirates: a synopsis of the National Cancer Institute Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration State of the Science Conference.

    Filie AC, Asa SL, Geisinger KR, Logani S, Merino M, Nikiforov YE, Clark DP.

    Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. afilie@mail.nih.gov

    The National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored the NCI Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) State of the Science Conference on October 22-23, 2007 in Bethesda, MD. The 2-day meeting was accompanied by a permanent informational website and several on-line discussion periods between May 1 and December 15, 2007 (http://thyroidfna.cancer.gov). This document summarizes matters regarding the utilization of ancillary studies in thyroid FNA (http://thyroidfna.cancer.gov/pages/info/agenda/).

    PMID: 18478603 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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