Referral bias in thyroid cancer surgery: Direction and magnitude

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 556-562

  Machens, A ^a   Hauptmann, S ^a   Dralle, H ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age at referral; Extent of disease; Extrathyroidal extension; Lymph node metastasis; Referral bias; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGEISM; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERRAL BIAS; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TRAVEL;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REOPERATION; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 41949105541     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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