title: The role of fine-needle aspiration biopsy in the management of palpable thyroid nodules.
abstract: FNAB is the most important advance in the management of thyroid nodules in the past two decades. Dr Mazzaferri has said that finding a thyroid cancer in a thyroid nodule is like finding a needle in a haystack. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy is like applying a strong electromagnet to find that needle. It should be available to all physicians who deal with thyroid disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Greenspan
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*