The concepts in poorly differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid: A review article

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 818-821

  Nambiar, Ajit ^a,b   Pv, Sunil ^a   Susheelan, Vijaylakshmi ^a   Kuriakose, Moni Abraham ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

concepts; pathology; thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; METASTASIS; POORLY DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

CADHERINS; CARCINOMA; GENES, P53; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTATION; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79955695494     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21803     Document Type: Review

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