Epidemiology, clinical presentation, treatment and prognosis of a regional series of 26 anaplastic thyroid carcinomas (ATC). Comparison with the literature

Annales d'Endocrinologie

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-45

  Roche, B ^a,b   Larroumets, G ^a   Dejax, C ^b,c   Kwiatkowsi, F ^c   Desbiez, F ^a,b   Thieblot, P ^a,b   Tauveron, I ^a,b  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c CENTRE JEAN PERRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma; Auvergne register

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 77149177049     PISSN: 00034266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ando.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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