Regional metastases in well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma: Pattern of spread

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 433-436

  Yanir, Yoav ^a   Doweck, Ilana ^a,b  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Neck dissection; Regional metastases; Well differentiated thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL METASTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CARCINOMA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 42449104902     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31815ae3e4     Document Type: Article

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