Endocrine Abstracts

There are three main applications for molecular genetic testing in thyroid pathology:1. As part of an integrated approach of careful clinical, ultrasound and FNBC assessment with local outcome data molecular analysis of fine needle biopsy cytology is able able to improve diagnostic outcomes for thyroid nodules by identifying patients with an indeterminate FNBC as most likely benign with < 5% false negatives and thus obviating diagnostic lobectomy or ...