ea0037ep887 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2015
Soysal-Atile Neslihan
, Can Nuray
, Guldiken Sibel
, Celik Huseyin
, Sezer Atakan
, Albayrak Dogan
, Tugrul Armagan
Aim: It is well known that there is a strong relationship between chronic inflammation and tumorigenic process. The cytological diagnosis of follicular neoplasm (FN) carries a 2030% risk of malignancy for thyroid nodules. In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether preoperative neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a predictive factor for malignancy in thyroid nodules diagnosed as FN on cytology.Materials and methods: A total of 139 patients with...