Features of papillary thyroid carcinoma in patients older than 75 years

Updates in Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-118

  Toniato, Antonio ^a   Bernardi, Chiara ^a   Piotto, Andrea ^a   Rubello, Domenico ^b   Pelizzo, Maria Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Papillary thyroid cancer; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255188120     PISSN: 2038131X     EISSN: 20383312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13304-011-0060-0     Document Type: Review

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