Outcomes of Surgically Managed Pediatric Thyroid Cancer

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-73

  Bargren, Anna E ^a   Meyer Rochow, Goswin Y ^b   Delbridge, Leigh W ^b   Sidhu, Stan B ^b   Chen, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

pediatric; surgery; thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPLASTIC THYROID CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LOBECTOMY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL RISK; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68649089448     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.03.088     Document Type: Article

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