Papillary and follicular thyroid cancers are considered well-differentiated cancers. Papillary thyroid cancer is the most prevalent type of thyroid cancer--with over 50,000 new cases per year in the ...

Clinical investigation of enlarged, local lymph nodes after surgery for papillary thyroid carcinoma is problematic ... by fine-needle aspiration (FNA) for cytology. The authors report that ...

FNA is preferred over thyroid scan or ultrasonography as the initial diagnostic test for thyroid nodules. However, a previous ultrasound may aid the physician performing the aspiration.