Background Approximately 15 to 30% of thyroid nodules evaluated by means of fine-needle
aspiration are not clearly benign or malignant. Patients with cytologically indeterminate …

Objective. The prevalence of thyroid nodularity in children has been estimated to be 1.8%.
The reported prevalence of specific diseases which comprise these nodules is conflicting as …

Abstract The National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored the NCI Thyroid Fine‐Needle
Aspiration (FNA) State of the Science Conference on October 22–23, 2007 in Bethesda, MD …

OBJECTIVES: This is the first systematic review of the effectiveness of barcoding practices
for reducing patient specimen and laboratory testing identification errors. DESIGN AND …

Chinese translation Background: Clinical management of thyroid neoplasms is based on
light microscopic diagnosis, but its accuracy and precision are poorly defined. Objective: To …

Context.—Misidentified laboratory specimens may cause patient injury, but their frequency
in general laboratory practice is unknown. Objectives.—To determine (1) the frequency of …

BACKGROUND To the authors' knowledge, the frequency and clinical impact of errors in the
anatomic pathology diagnosis of cancer have been poorly characterized to date. METHODS …

Context.—Anatomic pathology discrepancy frequencies have not been rigorously studied.
Objective.—To determine the frequency of anatomic pathology discrepancies and the …

Objectives.—To define the magnitude of error occurring in anatomic pathology, to propose a
scheme to classify such errors so their influence on clinical outcomes can be evaluated, and …

Scant published data exist on redesigning pathology practice based on error data. In this
first step of an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality patient safety project, we …