Management of the solitary thyroid nodule

Oncologist

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-112

  Yeung, Meei J ^a,b   Serpell, Jonathan W ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Thyroid; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid nodule; Thyroid ultrasound

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; HISTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLITARY THYROID NODULE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASOUND;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 40349093045     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2007-0212     Document Type: Article

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