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Malignancy outcomes and the impact of repeat fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules with Bethesda category III cytology: A multicenter experience.

Derya KöseoğluOzden Ozdemir BaserZeynep Cetin
Published in: Diagnostic cytopathology (2021)
We demonstrated that the malignancy rate was 48.65% in patients receiving thyroidectomy. We showed a higher malignancy rate than the traditionally rate of 5%-15%. This study showed that repeat FNAs decrease the rate of unnecessary surgery performed for benign lesions by increasing the rate of malignancy detection.
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