Table 4.
Postoperative Malignancy Rates for Each Cytology Subtype in Updated Meta-Review
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% malignant postoperatively by cytopathology diagnosis |
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| Study | No. resected in series | B | ATYP | FoN/HN | SUSP M | I | M | ND |
| Blansfield et al. (20) (Abington Hospital, PA) | 183 | 18 | 0 | 31 | 57 | 33 | 93 | 0 |
| Sclabas et al. (21) (MD Anderson) | 240 | 4 | N/A | 16 | 82 | 27 | 96 | 9 |
| Castro and Gharib (22) (Mayo Clinic) | 1598 | N/A | N/A | 14 | 65 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Wu et al. (23) (Ball Memorial, IN) | 381 | 8 | 48 | 26 | 68 | 34 | 100 | 12 |
| Yassa et al. (9) (Brigham & Women's) | 1242 | 2 | 24 | 28 | 60 | 42 | 97 | 10 |
| Yang et al. (24) (Northshore LIJ & U. Texas Galveston | 1052 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 65 | 38 | 99 | 11 |
| Oertel et al. (25) (Washington Hospital) | 1287 | 10 | N/A | 49 | 42 | 48 | 95 | 50 |
| Banks et al. (26) (Johns Hopkins) | 639 | N/A | 33 | 30 | 62 | 37 | N/A | N/A |
| Nayar and Ivanovic (27) (Northwestern) | 1413 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 53 | 14 | 96 | 9 |
| Theoharis et al. (28) (Yale) | 378 | 5 | 48 | 34 | 87 | 47 | 100 | 32 |
| Faquin and Baloch (29) (MGH & University Pennsylvania) | 524 | N/A | 19 | 25 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Summary | 8937 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 62 | 34 | 97 | 12 |
ATYP, FN/HN, and SUSP M combined are Indeterminate.
ATYP, atypia of undetermined significance; FoN/HN, follicular/Hürthle cell neoplasm; SUSP M, suspicious for malignancy; I, indeterminate; M, malignant; ND, nondiagnostic; N/A, not applicable.