Increased risk of lymph node metastasis in multifocal hereditary and sporadic medullary thyroid cancer

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1960-1965

  Machens, Andreas ^a   Hauptmann, Steffen ^a   Dralle, Henning ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 34548688232     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9185-1     Document Type: Article

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