Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid: Prognostic factors and treatment recommendations

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-86

  Fuchshuber, Pascal R ^a   Loree, Thom R ^a   Hicks Jr , Wesley L ^a   Cheney, Richard T ^a   Shedd, Donald P ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medullary thyroid cancer; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALCITONIN; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0031871346     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02303768     Document Type: Article

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