Thyroid papillary carcinoma of columnar cell type: A clinicopathologic study of 16 cases

Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 740-753

  Wenig, Bruce M ^a,c   Thompson, Lester D R ^a   Adair, Carol F ^a   Shmookler, Barry ^b   Heffess, Clara S ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Building 54 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Columnar cell type; Papillary carcinoma; Prognostic features; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; COLLOIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032519620     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980215)82:4<740::AID-CNCR18>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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