U.S., May 23 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06984991) titled 'Factors Influencing Inadequacy in Rapid Onsite Evaluation of Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Samples of Thyroid Nodules' on May 03.
Brief Summary: Thyroid nodules are a common clinical finding with a prevalence of around 50-67% in the general population using ultrasound examinations. Of these, malignancies account for 5-15% including the treatable papillary and follicular thyroid carcinomas and the rarer but more aggressive medullary and undifferentiated thyroid cancers .
Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) is a relatively simple, cost-effective recommended standard diagnostic procedure with high sensitivity and specificity ...