2016_Head & Neck COURSE BOOK

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FNAC can achieve high specificity and diagnostic accuracy (89% and 85%) There are significant variations in the performance of FNAC within different practice settings It is associated with high levels of inadequate diagnoses and missed malignancies especially outside specialist centers Sensitivity for detecting malignancy has been reported between 70% and 80% and non-diagnostic rates average at 14%-56%

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