Tumor vascularity predicts recurrence in differentiated thyroid carcinoma

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 442-447

  Dhar, Dipok Kumar ^a   Kubota, Hirofumi ^a   Kotoh, Tsukasa ^a   Tabara, Hideki ^a   Watanabe, Reiko ^a   Tachibana, Mitsuo ^a   Kohno, Hitoshi ^a   Nagasue, Naofumi ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032214203     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(98)00238-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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