Messages from Kennichi Kakudo, MD, PhD to a person to be an expert of the cytopathology

Education in medical school should be the same among countries and medical science should be the same in any countries. However, medical practice is not the same among countries due to different economic condition and different ratial back ground. I found one more important factor impacts on clinical managements of patients, and it was different logic and way of thinking among us. I wrote how it was different between Asian countries’ practice and western countries’ practice in the following two publications. I believe these differences count very much for patients. They are free access and please visit them if you are interested in.

1. Kakudo K, Higuchi M, Horokawa M et al.: Thyroid FNA cytology in Asian practice – Active surveillance for indeterminate thyroid nodules reduces overtreatment of thyroid carcinomas. Cytopathology 2017; Nov 2. doi: 10.1111/cyt.12491. [Epub ahead of print]

2. Kakudo K: How to handle borderline/precursor thyroid tumors in management of patients with thyroid nodules. Gland Surg 2017. doi: 10.21037/gs.2017.08.02