Prognostic factors in papillary microcarcinoma with emphasis on histologic subtyping: A clinicopathologic study of 148 cases

Thyroid

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 245-253

  Ghossein, Ronald ^a   Ganly, Ian ^a   Biagini, Agnese ^a   Robenshtok, Eyal ^a   Rivera, Michael ^a   Tuttle, R Michael ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84894141418     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2012.0645     Document Type: Article

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