Prevalence of thyroid cancer at a medical screening center: Pathological features of screen-detected thyroid carcinomas

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 748-756

  Choi, Yoon Jung ^a   Park, Yong Lai ^a   Koh, Jang Hyun ^b  

^a School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Thyroid cancer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149456679     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2008.49.5.748     Document Type: Article

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