Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma is a unique clinical entity: A population-based study of 10,740 cases

Thyroid

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1263-1268

  Yu, Xiao Min ^a   Schneider, David F ^a   Leverson, Glen ^a   Chen, Herbert ^a   Sippel, Rebecca S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; FOLLICULAR THYROID CARCINOMA; FOLLICULAR VARIANT OF PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR BURDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884611267     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2012.0453     Document Type: Conference Paper

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