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-*There is some debate about whether >=60 follicular cells is enough.
+*The inadequate & suspicious rate with these criteria is 10-30%. In excision specimens, 75-80% are benign.<ref name=pmid11940037>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Haugen | first1 = BR. | last2 = Woodmansee | first2 = WW. | last3 = McDermott | first3 = MT. | title = Towards improving the utility of fine-needle aspiration biopsy for the diagnosis of thyroid tumours. | journal = Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) | volume = 56 | issue = 3 | pages = 281-90 | month = Mar | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 11940037 }}</ref>
+**The above begs the question - should the criteria be changed?
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