Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: Extrathyroidal Extension, Lymph Node Metastases, and Risk Factors for Recurrence in a High Prevalence of Goiter Area

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1214-1221

  Lombardi, Celestino P ^a   Bellantone, Rocco ^a   De Crea, Carmela ^a   Paladino, Nunzia C ^a   Fadda, Guido ^a   Salvatori, Massimo ^a   Raffaelli, Marco ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; ITALY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 77955557954     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0375-x     Document Type: Article

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