Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma: 5 years after the 2004 WHO classification of endocrine tumours

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Volante, Marco ^a   Papotti, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Poorly differentiated carcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; IODINE 131; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; PROTEIN RET; RAS PROTEIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER STAGING; CELL DEATH; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IODINE 131 UPTAKE TEST; MITOSIS; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMANS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77951120752     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-009-9100-4     Document Type: Review

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