Intraoperative decision making in follicular lesions of the thyroid: Is tumor size important?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-258

  Gauger, Paul G ^a,b   Reeve, Thomas S ^a   Delbridge, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032841970     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(99)00134-9     Document Type: Article

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