The frequency of malignancy in nodular goiter -a single center study

Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-101

  Anwar, Khurshid ^a   Din, Gulab ^a   Zada, Bakht ^a   Shahabi, Isteraj ^a  

^a Head and Neck Surgery   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Multinodular goiter (MNG); Solitary thyroid nodule (STN); Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTINODULAR GOITER; NECK PAIN; NODULAR GOITER; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; HUMAN TISSUE; SOLITARY THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84855499780     PISSN: 10135472     EISSN: 18119387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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