Two Case Reports of Metastases from Colon Carcinoma to the Thyroid

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 100-102

  Poon, Donald ^a   Toh, H C ^a   Sim, C S ^b  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Airway compromise; Colon carcinoma; Metastasis to the thyroid; Oxaliplatin

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; OXALIPLATIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON RESECTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 1842762095     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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