Frequent, aggressive behaviors of thyroid microcarcinomas in Korean patients

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 627-632

  Lee, Junho ^a   Rhee, Yumie ^a   Lee, Sihoon ^a   Ahn, Chul Woo ^a   Cha, Bong Soo ^a   Kim, Kyung Rae ^a   Lee, Hyun Chul ^a   Kim, Seung Il ^a   Park, Cheong Soo ^a   Lim, Sung Kil ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Papillary carcinoma; Prognosis; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750632886     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K06-013     Document Type: Article

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