Risk of malignancy in Filipinos with thyroid nodules - A matched pair analysis

Head and Neck

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 427-431

  Clark, Jonathan R ^a   Eski, Spiro J ^a   Freeman, Jeremy L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Filipinos; Matched pair analysis; Papillary cancer; Philippines; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FILIPINO; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 33646336593     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20333     Document Type: Article

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