Ill-defined edge on ultrasonographic examination can be a marker of aggressive characteristic of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1007-1011

  Ito, Yasuhiro ^a   Kobayashi, Kaoru ^a   Tomoda, Chisato ^a   Uruno, Takashi ^a   Takamura, Yuuki ^a   Miya, Akihiro ^a   Matsuzuka, Fumio ^a   Kuma, Kanji ^a   Miyauchi, Akira ^a  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR; ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 27744575660     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-7834-9     Document Type: Article

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