Follicular thyroid carcinomas with lung metastases: A 23-year retrospective study

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-225

  Lin, Jen Der ^a   Chao, Tzu Chieh ^a   Hsueh, Chuen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; Radioactive iodide; Thyroglobulin

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROID SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2442658207     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.51.219     Document Type: Article

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