Thyroid cancer: Zealous imaging has increased detection and treatment of low risk tumours

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7923, 2013, Pages

  Brito, Juan P ^a   Morris, John C ^a   Montori, Victor M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ANAPLASTIC THYROID CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST OF ILLNESS; DRY EYE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIALOADENITIS; TASTE DISORDER; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84883805950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f4706     Document Type: Article

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