Poorly Differentiated Carcinomas of the Thyroid with Trabecular, Insular, and Solid Patterns: A Clinicopathologic Study of 183 Patients

Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 950-957

  Volante, Marco ^a   Landolfi, Stefania ^a   Chiusa, Luigi ^a   Palestini, Nicola ^a   Motta, Manuela ^b   Codegone, Alessandra ^b   Torchio, Bruno ^b   Papotti, Mauro G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Insular; Poorly differentiated; Prognosis; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA, SCIRRHOUS; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242314234     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20087     Document Type: Article

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