Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Are we there yet?

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 190-194

  Tallini, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Insular carcinoma; Poorly differentiated carcinoma; Thyroid carcinoma; Tumor differentiation

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM GRADING; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84855281918     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: 15590097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-011-9176-5     Document Type: Article

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