Pattern of spread to the lateral neck in metastatic well-differentiated thyroid cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Thyroid

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 583-592

  Eskander, Antoine ^a   Merdad, Mazin ^a,b   Freeman, Jeremy L ^a,c   Witterick, Ian J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; EMBASE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84879092503     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2012.0493     Document Type: Review

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