Protocols for the preoperative selection of palpable thyroid nodules: Review and progress

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 499-504

  Carpi, Angelo ^a,b   Nicolini, Andrea ^a   Sagripanti, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Large needle aspiration biopsy; Scintigraphy; Thyroid nodules; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DECISION TREES; EUROPE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033496322     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199910000-00016     Document Type: Article

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