Pathways to the diagnosis of thyroid cancer in New South Wales: A population-based cross-sectional study

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-44

  Kahn, Clare ^a   Simonella, Leonardo ^a   Sywak, Mark ^b   Boyages, Steven ^c   Ung, Owen ^d   O'Connell, Dianne ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia epidemiology; Thyroid neoplasms diagnosis; Thyroid neoplasms epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 82955212978     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9852-2     Document Type: Article

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