Histologic trends in thyroid cancer 1969-1993: A clinico-pathologic analysis of the relative proportion of anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 251-255

  Agrawal, Shefali ^a   Rao, Raja S ^a   Parikh, Deepak M ^a   Parikh, Hemen K ^a   Borges, Anita M ^a   Sampat, Mridula B ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

decline; early treatment; goitre; trend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; THYROID CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030473411     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199612)63:4<251::AID-JSO7>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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