External beam radiotherapy in the management of differentiated thyroid cancer

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 337-341

  Ford, D ^a   Giridharan, S ^a   McConkey, C ^b   Hartley, Andrew ^a   Brammer, C ^c   Watkinson, J C ^a   Glaholm, J ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dose; External beam radiotherapy; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; ONCOCYTOMA; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SAMPLE SIZE; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CANCER; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0042412069     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0936-6555(03)00162-6     Document Type: Article

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