Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma in Ecuador: Analysis of prognostic factors

International Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-121

  Pacheco Ojeda, Luis A ^a,b   Martínez, Ana L ^a   Alvarez, Marcelo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CARLOS ANDRADE MARÍN   (Ecuador)

^b NONE   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Anaplastic thyroid cancer; Prognostic factors; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; THYROID TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035323170     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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