Risk assessment in 457 adrenal cortical carcinomas: How much does tumor size predict the likelihood of malignancy?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 423-430

  Sturgeon, Cord ^b   Shen, Wen T ^b   Clark, Orlo H ^b   Duh, Quan Yang ^b   Kebebew, Electron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT T TEST; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEER PROGRAM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33644817668     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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