Changing face of paediatric and adolescent thyroid cancer

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 572-574

  Hameed, R ^a   Zacharin, M R ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nodule; Paediatric; Papillary carcinoma; Radiation; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THYROID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; VICTORIA;

EID: 33644835985     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00724.x     Document Type: Review

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