The diagnostic efficacy of FNA-Tg in detecting lymph node metastasis of differentiated thyroid cancer and its influencing factors / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients are prone to cervical lymph node metastasis, which affects patients′ quality of life. Accurate diagnosis of lymph node metastasis can guide surgical resection and dissection, and improve patient′s prognosis. Since the first use of fine-needle aspiration washout thyroglobulin (FNA-Tg) to diagnose lymph node metastasis in DTC patients, a large number of studies have shown that FNA-Tg has a good diagnostic performance. However, due to the various influencing factors of detection and the lack of uniform detection standards, the results of studies very largely. How to screen suitable patients and establish uniform standards to maximize the efficiency of FNA-Tg detection is an urgent problem to be solved. This article will systematically review and analyze the diagnostic efficacy of FNA-Tg and its influencing factors,and explore the subsequent clinical application and research direction of FNA-Tg.