Thyroid cancer survival in the United States: Observational data from 1973 to 2005

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 440-444

  Davies, Louise ^a,b,c   Welch, Gilbert ^a,c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAPILLARY THYROID CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952492684     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2010.55     Document Type: Article

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