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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6-7
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-23
pubmed:abstractText
The authors discuss the principal aspects concerning the preoperative characterization of thyroid nodules, in particular those with follicular histology, and illustrate the potential clinical impact of a new diagnostic test-method, named "galectin-3 thyrotest", which is based on the immunodetection of galectin-3 molecule in cytological specimens derived from thyroid nodular lesions. This diagnostic test method, which consistently improves the accuracy of conventional cytology, has been recently validated in a large international multicenter study and is going to impact hardly the clinical management of patients bearing thyroid nodular diseases. The rationale of this new diagnostic approach, the possibility to improve its performance in selected cases by using large needle aspiration biopsy (LNAB) together with technical and operative details are presented and discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0753-3322
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
356-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
From the bench to the bedside. Galectin-3 immunodetection for improving the preoperative diagnosis of the follicular thyroid nodules.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, St. Andrea University Hospital, Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review