Prognostic factors for survival and for biochemical cure in medullary thyroid carcinoma: Results in 899 patients

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-273

  Modigliani, Elisabeth ^a,j   Cohen, Régis ^a   Campos, José Marie ^a   Conte Devolx, Bernard ^b   Maes, Béatrice ^c   Boneu, Andrée ^d   Schlumberger, Martin ^e   Bigorgne, Jean Claude ^f   Dumontier, Philippe ^f   Leclerc, Laurence ^g   Corcuff, Bernard ^h   Guilhem, Isabelle ⁱ  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT JEAN GODINOT   (France)

^d INSTITUT CLAUDIUS REGAUD   (France)

^e INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^f ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^j Section of Radiology   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALCITONIN; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 14444272505     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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