Management of well-differentiated thyroglossal remnant thyroid carcinoma: Time to close the debate? Report of five new cases and proposal of a definitive algorithm for treatment

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 745-752

  Ramírez Plaza, César P ^a   López, Marta E Domínguez ^a   Carrasco, Carmen Eloy García ^a   Meseguer, Luis Martínez ^a   Perucho, Agustín De La Fuente ^a  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Papillary carcinoma; Thyroglossal carcinoma; Thyroglossal duct remnant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT CANCER; REOPERATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROGLOSSAL CYST; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645848160     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2006.05.022     Document Type: Article

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