The role of estimation of the ratio of preoperative serum thyroglobulin to the thyroid mass in predicting the behaviour of well differentiated thyroid cancers

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 39-42

  Sharma, A K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid neoplasm; Treatment

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030112161     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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