Papillary thyroid microcarcinomas: Big decisions for a small tumor

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3132-3139

  Haymart, Megan Rist ^a,c   Cayo, Max ^b   Chen, Herbert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION TREE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROXINE;

EID: 70350413204     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0647-6     Document Type: Article

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