Thyroid cancer: An epidemic of disease or an epidemic of diagnosis?

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2738-2739

  Franceschi, Silvia ^a   Vaccarella, Salvatore ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LETTER; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREND STUDY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84924874241     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29311     Document Type: Letter

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