Atypia of undetermined significance and ThyroSeq v3-positive call rates as quality control metrics for cytology laboratory performance.

Odille Mejia-MejiaAndres Bravo-GonzalezMonica Sanchez-AvilaYouley TjendraRodrigo SantoscoyKatherine Drews-ElgerYiqin ZuoCamilo Arias-AbadCarmen GomezMonica Garcia-BuitragoMehrdad NadjiMerce JordaJaylou M Velez TorresRoberto Ruiz-Cordero

Published in: Cancer cytopathology (2024)

The AUS rate in the context of PCR is a useful metric to assess cytology laboratory and cytopathologists' performance. Continuous feedback on this metric could help improve the overall quality of reporting thyroid cytology.

Keyphrases

fine needle aspiration
quality control
high grade
ultrasound guided
drug induced