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Zubair W. Baloch
Researcher at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Publications - 374
Citations - 19169
Zubair W. Baloch is an academic researcher from Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Thyroid & Thyroid carcinoma. The author has an hindex of 63, co-authored 340 publications receiving 16708 citations. Previous affiliations of Zubair W. Baloch include Drexel University & Philadelphia University.
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Laboratory medicine practice guidelines. Laboratory support for the diagnosis and monitoring of thyroid disease.
Zubair W. Baloch,Carayon P,Conte-Devolx B,Laurence M. Demers,Feldt-Rasmussen U,J. F. Henry,LiVosli Va,Niccoli-Sire P,John R,Jean Ruf,Smyth Pp,Spencer Ca,Stockigt +12 more
TL;DR: This revised monograph was achieved with the expert input of the editors, members of the guidelines committee, experts who submitted manuscripts for each section and many expert reviewers, who are listed in Appendix A.
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Nomenclature Revision for Encapsulated Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Paradigm Shift to Reduce Overtreatment of Indolent Tumors
Yuri E. Nikiforov,Raja R. Seethala,Giovanni Tallini,Zubair W. Baloch,Fulvio Basolo,Lester D.R. Thompson,Justine A. Barletta,Bruce M. Wenig,Abir Al Ghuzlan,Kennichi Kakudo,Thomas J. Giordano,Venancio Avancini Ferreira Alves,Elham Khanafshar,Sylvia L. Asa,Adel K. El-Naggar,William E. Gooding,Steven P. Hodak,Ricardo V. Lloyd,Guy Maytal,Ozgur Mete,Marina N. Nikiforova,Vania Nosé,Mauro Papotti,David N. Poller,Peter M. Sadow,Arthur S. Tischler,R. Michael Tuttle,Kathryn B. Wall,Virginia A. LiVolsi,Gregory W. Randolph,Ronald Ghossein +30 more
TL;DR: Thyroid tumors currently diagnosed as noninvasive EFVPTC have a very low risk of adverse outcome and should be termed NIFTP, and this reclassification will affect a large population of patients worldwide and result in a significant reduction in psychological and clinical consequences associated with the diagnosis of cancer.
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Preoperative Diagnosis of Benign Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate Cytology
Erik K. Alexander,Giulia C. Kennedy,Zubair W. Baloch,Edmund S. Cibas,Darya Chudova,James C. Diggans,Lyssa Friedman,Richard T. Kloos,Virginia A. LiVolsi,Susan J. Mandel,Stephen S. Raab,Juan Rosai,David L. Steward,P. Sean Walsh,Jonathan I. Wilde,Martha A. Zeiger,Richard B. Lanman,Bryan R. Haugen +17 more
TL;DR: Consideration of a more conservative approach for most patients with thyroid nodules that are cytologically indeterminate on fine-needle aspiration and benign according to gene-expression classifier results are suggested.
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Diagnostic terminology and morphologic criteria for cytologic diagnosis of thyroid lesions: a synopsis of the National Cancer Institute Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration State of the Science Conference.
Zubair W. Baloch,Virginia A. LiVolsi,Syl L. Asa M.D.,Juan Rosai,Maria J. Merino,Gregory Randolph,Philippe Vielh,Richard M. DeMay,Mary K. Sidawy,William J. Frable +9 more
TL;DR: This document summarizes matters regarding diagnostic terminology/classification scheme for thyroid FNA interpretation and cytomorphologic criteria for the diagnosis of various benign and malignant thyroid lesions.
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The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology: A Meta-Analysis
TL;DR: The results of meta-analysis showed high overall accuracy, indicating that TBSRTC represents a reliable and valid reporting system for thyroid cytology.