| TSH | thyroid-stimulating hormone |
| WDTC | well-differentiated thyroid cancer |
| AUS | atypia of undetermined significance |
| FLUS | follicular lesion of undetermined significance |
| ROM | risk of malignancy |
| TBSRTC | The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| TC | thyroid cancer |
| UG-FNAB | ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy |
| NIFTP | noninvasive follicular neoplasms with papillary-like feature |
| SD | standard deviation |
| PTC | papillary thyroid cancer |
| FTC | follicular thyroid cancer |