Clinical characteristics of poorly differentiated thyroid carcinomas compared with those of classical papillary thyroid carcinomas

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 224-228

  Lin, Jen Der ^a,b   Chao, Tzu Chieh ^b   Hsueh, Chuen ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; THYROID HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846194586     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2006.02712.x     Document Type: Article

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