Papillary microcarcinoma of the thyroid: How should it be treated?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1115-1121

  Ito, Yasuhiro ^a   Tomoda, Chisato ^a   Uruno, Takashi ^a   Takamura, Yuuki ^a   Miya, Akihiro ^a   Kobayashi, Kaoru ^a   Matsuzuka, Fumio ^a   Kuma, Kanji ^a   Miyauchi, Akira ^a  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; SAMPLE SIZE; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 12144284838     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-004-7644-5     Document Type: Article

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