Incidental versus clinically evident thyroid cancer: A 5-year follow-up study

Head and Neck

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 408-412

  Minuto, Michele N ^a   Miccoli, Mario ^a   Viola, David ^a   Ugolini, Clara ^a   Giannini, Riccardo ^a   Torregrossa, Liborio ^a   Antonangeli, Lucia ^a   Aghini Lombardi, Fabrizio ^a   Elisei, Rossella ^a   Basolo, Fulvio ^a   Miccoli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

differentiated thyroid cancer; follow up; incidental thyroid cancer; preoperative diagnosis; thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICALLY EVIDENT THYROID CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL THYROID CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID CANCER;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874117567     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.22974     Document Type: Article

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