Socioeconomic factors and the presentation, management, and outcome of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma

Thyroid

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1009-1016

  Ghori, Farah Y ^a   Gutterman Litofsky, Danielle R ^a   Jamal, Amin ^a   Yeung, Sai Ching J ^a   Arem, Ridha ^b   Sherman, Steven I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0036858816     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/105072502320908358     Document Type: Article

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