Insular carcinoma: An infrequent subtype of thyroid cancer

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 503-508

  Rodriguez, J M ^a   Parrilla, P ^a   Moreno, A ^a   Sola, J ^a   Pinero, A ^a   Ortiz, S ^a   Soria, T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID INSULAR CARCINOMA; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0031788110     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00233-6     Document Type: Article

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