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Abstract
Advances in the molecular characterization of thyroid cancers have fueled the development of genetic and gene expression-based tests for thyroid fine-needle aspirations. Collectively, these tests are designed to improve the diagnostic certainty of thyroid cytology. This review summarizes the early published experience with the commercially available versions of these tests: the Afirma Gene Expression Classifier, ThyGenX (formerly miRInform)/ThyraMIR, and ThyroSeq. Key differences in testing approaches and issues regarding test performance and interpretation are also discussed.Entities:
Keywords: DNA mutational analysis; fine-needle aspiration biopsy; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; microarray analysis; molecular diagnostic techniques; thyroid neoplasms
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26348024 DOI: 10.1002/cncy.21612
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Cytopathol ISSN: 1934-662X Impact factor: 5.284