Differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) in the elderly: Disease outcome, therapeutic approach, and long-term results in a group of 314 patients

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 22, Issue 10 SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 45-46

  Girelli, M E ^a,b   Casara, D ^a   Rubello, D ^a   Mazzarotto, R ^a   Saladini, G ^a   Busnardo, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale 105   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Elderly; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033249870     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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