Correlation of BSRTC classifications and final diagnosis
| BSRTC classification | n | Surgery (%) | BRAFV600E mutation (%) | PTC (%) |
| I (ND/UNS) | 202 | 71 (35.1) | 22 (10.9) | 31 (15.3) |
| III (AUS/FLUS) | 122 | 62 (50.8) | 36 (29.5) | 48 (39.3) |
| V (SMC) | 155 | 155 (100.0) | 129 (83.2) | 150 (96.8) |
| Total | 479 | 288 (60.1) | 187 (39.0) | 229 (47.8) |
BSRTC, Bethesda system for reporting thyroid cytopathology; ND/UNS, nondiagnostic/unsatisfactory; AUS/FLUS, undetermined significance/follicular lesion of undetermined significance; SMC, suspicious for malignancy