Sites of metastases of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: Autopsy findings in 45 cases from a single institution

Thyroid

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 709-713

  Besic, Nikola ^a   Gazic, Barbara ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENAL METASTASIS; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SIZE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIAPHRAGM METASTASIS; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; GINGIVA MUCOSA; HEART METASTASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS METASTASIS; JEJUNUM METASTASIS; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MESENTERY; METASTASIS; OVARY METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS METASTASIS; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PERICARDIUM; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PLEURA METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL METASTASIS; SKIN METASTASIS; STOMACH METASTASIS; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR GROWTH; CANCER CENTER; CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY; SLOVENIA; THORAX; THORAX TUMOR; THYROID TUMOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SLOVENIA; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORAX; THYROID CARCINOMA, ANAPLASTIC; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84878890628     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2012.0252     Document Type: Article

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