Clinical presentations and outcomes of surgical treatment of follicular variant of the papillary thyroid carcinomas

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 688-693

  Chang, Hung Yu ^a   Lin, Jen Der ^a   Chou, Shuo Chi ^a   Chao, Tzu Chieh ^b   Hsueh, Chuen ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; Prognostic factors; Radioactive iodine; Thyroglobulin; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049176177     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyl093     Document Type: Article

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