Prevalence and prognostic significance of tall cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma

Human Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 212-219

  Michels, Jean Jacques ^a   Jacques, Marnay ^a   Henry Amar, Michel ^a   Bardet, Stephane ^a  

^a CENTRE FRANÇOIS BACLESSE   (France)

Author keywords

Columnar cell; Papillary carcinoma; Prognosis; Tall cell; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TALL CELL VARIANT; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 33846231888     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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