Prognostic factors of clinical interest in poorly differentiated carcinomas of the thyroid

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 313-317

  Volante, Marco ^a   Cavallo, Gianni P ^a   Papotti, Mauro ^b  

^a Dept Biomed Sci and Hum Oncol ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Grading; Insular; Poorly differentiated; Prognosis; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MITOSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; AGED; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOTIC INDEX; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 13444280041     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:15:4:313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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