Medullary thyroid cancer: It is a pain in the neck?

Journal of Cancer

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 200-205

  Guerrero, Marlon A ^a   Lindsay, Sheila ^b   Suh, Insoo ^b   Vriens, Menno R ^b   Khanafshar, Elham ^b   Shen, Wen T ^b   Gosnell, Jessica ^b   Kebebew, Electron ^c   Duh, Quan Yang ^b   Clark, Orlo H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymph node; Medullary thyroid cancer; Papillary thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NECK PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84875307104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18379664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/jca.2.200     Document Type: Article

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