Thyroid cancer review 1: Presentation and investigation of thyroid cancer

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1340-1344

  Nix, P ^a   Nicolaides, A ^a   Coatesworth, Andrew Peter ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644873868     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2005.00671.x     Document Type: Review

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