Assertion: nodule | /r/CapableOf | include in the analysis
Facets:
value: for test performance
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Furthermore, while at first glance it appears to be a strength of this study that the majority of the patients who underwent thyroidectomy did so based on suspicious or malignant results of a co-existing nodule other than the nodule sampled and included in the analysis for test performance, this also may decrease the applicability of the test performance to the more common scenario in which patients undergo thyroidectomy for diagnosis of an indeterminate solitary nodule , without a co-existing nodule with a higher risk cytological diagnosis.