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Cytopathologists make diagnoses by examining exfoliated or aspirated cells, especially cancer cells. This field was established many decades ago and Dr. Papanicolaou was one of the pioneers in cytopathology in the 1940s. One area of cytopathology that has seen a great deal of progress in the last few decades has been thyroid cytopathology. Thyroid cytopathology has included a multidisciplinary approach with the assistance of the pathologist, radiologist, endocrinologist, and head and neck surgeon.

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Lloyd, R.V. (2023). Cytopathology. In: Pathology: Historical and Contemporary Aspects. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39554-3_4

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