RAS mutations have also been identified in benign Follicular Adenomas(FA); however, it is unclear whether RAS positive FA have a higher chance of progression to cancer. The prevalence of this mutation in benign thyroid nodules is between 20 and 40%. The low overall prevalence of RAS mutations in thyroid cancers and the relatively high mutation rate in benign nodules makes ras mutation analysis unsuitable as a standalone test to predict malignancy in indeterminate thyroid nodules.