Prevalence of Thyroid Cancer in Lebanon: What is the Role of Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy?

Authors

  • Khadija Jamal Saad Department of Endocrinology, Mount Lebanon Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
  • Mirvat Mohammad Ballout Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Lebanese University, Hadath campus, Lebanon
  • Zahraa El Najjar Anathomo-Pathology Resident, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon
  • George Phillip Aftimos Anathomo-Pathologist, National Institute of Pathology, Lebanon
  • Elie Mekhael Gharios Department of Endocrinology, Mount Lebanon Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
  • Marie Tanios Merheb

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12970/2310-9971.2019.07.01

Abstract

 Objective: This study aims to report the prevalence of thyroid cancer in Lebanon and the role of fine needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer.

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2019-03-25

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2019)

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