Table 2.
Management decision by RFNA and CNB diagnoses in AUS/FLUS thyroid nodules
| Determined management | All (n = 158) |
NA (n = 104) |
FOA (n = 54) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFNA | CNB | p value | RFNA | CNB | p value | RFNA CNB | p value | ||
| Overall | 75 (47.5) | 110 (69.6) | <0.001 | 47 (45.2) | 71 (68.3) | <0.001 | 28 (38.9) 39 (54.2) | 0.061 | |
| Observation | 61 (36.9) | 74 (46.8) | 0.079 | 37 (35.6) | 50 (48.1) | 0.035 | 24 (33.3) 24 (33.3) | 1 | |
| Surgery | 14 (10.6) | 36 (22.8) | <0.001 | 10 (9.6) | 21 (20.2) | <0.001 | 4 (5.6) 15 (20.8) | 0.007 | |
Data in parentheses are percentages. Observation indicates a management decision by benign diagnosis. Surgery indicates a management decision by one of FN/SFN, suspicious malignancy or malignant diagnoses.