Postsurgical pathology reporting of thyroid cancer in New South Wales, Australia

Thyroid

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 604-610

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

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Northern Endocrine and Breast Surgery Centre   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Clinical Education and Training Institute   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH VESSEL METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861990099     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2011.0501     Document Type: Article

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