History and Practice of Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration in China, Based on Retrospective Study of the Practice in Shandong University Qilu Hospital

• Main Authors: Zhiyan Liu (Author), Dongge Liu (Author), Bowen Ma (Author), Xiaofang Zhang (Author), Peng Su (Author), Li Chen (Author), Qingdong Zeng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Pathologists & the Korean Society for Cytopathology, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cytology in China developed from nothing and underwent a long journey from gynecologic cytology to that of all organs, laying a solid foundation for new developments in the 21st century. Thyroid fine-needle aspiration (FNA) was primarily developed in an endocrinology department and then in the clini...