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A member asked:
Fna nodule , afirma result suspic thyroid cancer had tot thyroidectomy, pathology has entire specimen yet can't determine if cancer or not why?
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Precancerous: The fine needle aspiration you had showed there was only a suspicion of thyroid cancer. The thyroid tissue removed likely has precancerous tissue and needed to come out but is not fully characteristic enough to give it a diagnosis of cancer.
Answered 9/29/2016
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False-pos Afirma?: Afirma testing has been in clinical use for several years. It now appears that Afirma testing is clinically useful when it is negative and not when it is positive. This has been my experience and I am not sure there is supporting data regarding this. So, in your case, the Afirma test was probably falsely positive, and that the nodule was benign. My best guess.
Answered 10/25/2014
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