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'''Noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary like-nuclear features''' is a proposed terminology for encapsulated thyroid tumours. It is abbreviated ''NIFTP'' and pronounced ''nift-P''. | '''Noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary like-nuclear features''' is a proposed terminology for encapsulated thyroid tumours. It is abbreviated '''NIFTP''' and pronounced ''nift-P''. | ||
Encapsulated thyroid tumours with papillary-like features have a good prognosis, and labelling them as ''[[cancer]]'' is probably not unwarranted.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ganly | first1 = I. | last2 = Wang | first2 = L. | last3 = Tuttle | first3 = RM. | last4 = Katabi | first4 = N. | last5 = Ceballos | first5 = GA. | last6 = Harach | first6 = HR. | last7 = Ghossein | first7 = R. | title = Invasion rather than nuclear features correlates with outcome in encapsulated follicular tumors: further evidence for the reclassification of the encapsulated papillary thyroid carcinoma follicular variant. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 46 | issue = 5 | pages = 657-64 | month = May | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1016/j.humpath.2015.01.010 | PMID = 25721865 }}</ref> | Encapsulated thyroid tumours with papillary-like features have a good prognosis, and labelling them as ''[[cancer]]'' is probably not unwarranted.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ganly | first1 = I. | last2 = Wang | first2 = L. | last3 = Tuttle | first3 = RM. | last4 = Katabi | first4 = N. | last5 = Ceballos | first5 = GA. | last6 = Harach | first6 = HR. | last7 = Ghossein | first7 = R. | title = Invasion rather than nuclear features correlates with outcome in encapsulated follicular tumors: further evidence for the reclassification of the encapsulated papillary thyroid carcinoma follicular variant. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 46 | issue = 5 | pages = 657-64 | month = May | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1016/j.humpath.2015.01.010 | PMID = 25721865 }}</ref> |
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