Prophylactic central lymph node dissection: Continued controversy

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Doherty, Gerard M ^a,b  

^a Section of General Surgery Residency Program

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NOTE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67650908434     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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