Follicular-patterned tumors of the thyroid: The battle of benign vs. Malignant vs. So-called uncertain

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 184-189

  Livolsi, Virginia A ^a   Baloch, Zubair W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicular tumors; Follicular variant of papillary carcinoma; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID TUMOR; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOMA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; HUMANS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855270718     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: 15590097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-011-9183-6     Document Type: Article

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