Wanting Yang, Ming Yin, Jiehong Zhou, Yun Zhu, Beibei Ye, Hui Shi, Bingjie Zhang, Can Yue, Yifeng Zhang, Hongxun Wu, Haohao Li, Xuliang Xia, Shufang Yang, Buyun Ma
BACKGROUND: The current preoperative malignancy risk evaluation for thyroid nodules involves stepwise diagnostic modalities including ultrasonography, thyroid function serology and fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytopathology, respectively. We aimed to substantiate the stepwise contributions of each diagnostic step and additionally investigate the diagnostic significance of quantitative chromogenic imprinted gene in-situ hybridization (QCIGISH)-an adjunctive molecular test based on epigenetic imprinting alterations...
April 12, 2024: Chinese Clinical Oncology