Are there predictors of malignancy in patients with multinodular goiter?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-210

  Luo, Jie ^a   McManus, Catherine ^a   Chen, Herbert ^a   Sippel, Rebecca S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

malignancy; multinodular goiter; risk factor; thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; GENDER; GOITER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTINODULAR GOITER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84862787519     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.11.1035     Document Type: Article

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