Ultrasonographic screening for occult thyroid cancer

Head and Neck

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 453-457

  Yuen, Anthony Po Wing ^a   Ho, Ambrose Chung Wai ^b   Wong, Birgitta Yee Hang ^b  

^a Central Building   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

cancer; microcarcinoma; screening; thyroid; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952982410     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21462     Document Type: Article

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