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Bethesda Thyroid FNA Classification System

Powerpoint Presentation by Dr Ed Cibas, Nov 2008

This is a powerpoint file of a lecture by Dr Ed Cibas, from November 2008, decribing the latest and final version of The Bethesda Thyroid FNA Terminology and Classification that will be appearing in the Bethesda Thyroid FNA Slide Atlas, to be published by Springer in the autumn (fall) of 2009. The presentation describes how the final decisions about the Bethesda Thyroid FNA terminology were made and some of the reasoning behind the various names adopted for the different FNA categories in the Bethesda Thyroid FNA System. The content of this lecture also supersedes what the Bethesda working group have previously published on the conference website and also in the various articles in Diagnostic Cytopathology in June 2008.