The biopsy-proven benign thyroid nodule: Is long-term follow-up necessary?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-88

  Lee, Sukhyung ^a   Skelton, Thomas S ^b   Zheng, Feibi ^b   Schwartz, Katherine A ^a   Perrier, Nancy D ^a   Lee, Jeffrey E ^a   Bassett, Roland L ^a   Ahmed, Salmaan ^a   Krishnamurthy, Savitri ^a   Busaidy, Naifa L ^a   Grubbs, Elizabeth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID NODULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879550431     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.03.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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