Preoperative serum thyroglobulin as an adjunct to fine-needle aspiration in predicting well-differentiated thyroid cancer

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 669-673

  Sands, Noah B ^a   Karls, Shawn ^a   Rivera, Juan ^a   Tamilia, Michael ^a   Hier, Michael P ^a   Black, Martin J ^a   Gologan, Olguta ^a   Payne, Richard J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indeterminate fine needle aspiration biopsy; Thyroglobulin; Well differentiated thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650212482     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2010.090271     Document Type: Article

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