Table 8.

At the 21st International Congress of Cytology held at Baltimore, USA, the 5th face to face companion meeting by the Asian Thyroid Working Group was held on November 18, 2022, as a cytology short course 5: Why Are There Significant Differences Among Us in Thyroid Nodule Practices?

Chairpersons	Topic	Presenter
Kennichi Kakudo (Japan) and Jen-Fan Hang (Taiwan)	A high diagnostic threshold of RAS-like nuclear features in Asian pathologists impacts thyroid nodule practice	Kennichi Kakudo (Japan)
	Diagnoses of BRAF-like PTC and RAS-like PTC	Chan Kwon Jung (Korea)
	Molecular testing for cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules	Jen-Fan Hang (Taiwan)
	Japanese thyroid practice using the Bethesda system	Mitsuyoshi Hirokawa (Japan)

PTC, papillary thyroid carcinoma.