Suspicious cervical lymph nodes detected after thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid cancer usually remain stable over years in properly selected patients

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2706-2713

  Robenshtok, E ^a,b   Fish, S ^a   Bach, A ^a   Domínguez, Jose M ^a,c   Shaha, A ^a   Tuttle, R Michael ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84864797345     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-1553     Document Type: Article

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