Significance of tumor capsular invasion in well-differentiated thyroid carcinomas

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 484-491

  Furlan, Julio C ^a,b,c   Bedard, Yvan C ^a   Rosen, Irving B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; POPULATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NECK DISSECTION; PATHOLOGY; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250185386     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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