Bethesda Categorization of Thyroid Nodule Cytology and Prediction of Thyroid Cancer Type and Prognosis

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Liu, Xiaoyun
Medici, Marco
Kwong, Norra
Angell, Trevor
Marqusee, Ellen
Kim, Matthew
P. Reed Larsen
Cho, Nancy
Nehs, Matthew
Ruan, Daniel
Gawande, Atul Atmaram::3861be84cf2aae828a65939fc165d5c0::600
Moore, Francis
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Barletta, Justine
Krane, Jeffrey
Cibas, Edmund
Yang, Tao
Alexander, Erik
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Liu, Xiaoyun, Marco Medici, Norra Kwong, Trevor E. Angell, Ellen Marqusee, Matthew I. Kim, P. Reed Larsen, et al. 2016. “Bethesda Categorization of Thyroid Nodule Cytology and Prediction of Thyroid Cancer Type and Prognosis.” Thyroid 26 (2): 256–61. https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2015.0376.Abstract
Background: Since its inception, the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBS) has been widely adopted. Each category conveys a risk of malignancy and recommended next steps, though it is unclear if each category also predicts the type and extent of malignancy. If so, this would greatly expand the utility of the TBS by providing prognostic information in addition to baseline cancer risk. Methods: All patients prospectively enrolled into the authors' thyroid nodule database from 1995 to 2013 with histologically proven malignancy were analyzed. The primary ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (AUS, atypia of unknown significance; FN, follicular neoplasm; SUSP, suspicious; M, malignant) was correlated with the type of thyroid cancer and histological features known to impact prognosis and recurrence, including lymph node metastasis (LNM), lymphovascular invasion, and extrathyroidal extension (ETE). Primary cytology was separately correlated with higher risk malignancy. Results: A total of 1291 malignancies were identified, with primary cytology AUS in 130 cases, FN in 241 cases, SUSP in 411 cases, and M in 509 cases. AUS, SUSP, and M cytology were progressively associated with an increasing risk of high-risk disease (p<0.001), LNM (p<0.001), ETE (p<0.001), and margin positivity (p<0.001). Notably, 71% of malignancies with AUS cytology were follicular variants of papillary thyroid cancer compared with 63% with SUSP cytology and only 20% with M cytology. In contrast, high-risk malignancies were diagnosed in only 4% with AUS cytology, but 9% and 27% with SUSP and M cytology, respectively. FN conveyed a significantly increased risk of follicular thyroid carcinoma compared with all other types (28% vs. 2%; p<0.001). A composite endpoint of recurrence, distant metastases, and death similarly increased as cytology progressed from AUS to SUSP to M (p<0.001). Conclusion: In addition to predicting cancer prevalence, the TBS also imparts important prognostic information about cancer type, variant, and risk of recurrence. These data extend the utility of TBS classification by fostering an improved understanding of the risk posed by any confirmed malignancy.Citable link to this page
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