Papillary thyroid carcinoma involving cervical neck lymph nodes: Correlations with lymphangiogenesis and ultrasound features

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 941-948

  Choi, Yoonjung ^a   Park, Kyung Joo ^b   Ryu, Seungho ^a   Kim, Dong Hoon ^c   Yun, Jisup ^a   Kang, Doo Kyoung ^b   Chun, Mison ^b  

^a School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lymphangiogenesis; Papillary thyroid cancer; Pathology thyroid; Thyroid cancer; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3;

EID: 84869210146     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ12-0178     Document Type: Article

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