A critical analysis of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system for differentiated thyroid carcinoma in young patients on the basis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-151

  Tran Cao, Hop S ^a   Johnston, Lily E ^a   Chang, David C ^a   Bouvet, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864285350     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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