Nodal metastasis and recurrence in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma

Endocrine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 575-581

  Pisanu, Adolfo ^a   Saba, Alessandra ^a   Podda, Mauro ^a   Reccia, Isabella ^a   Uccheddu, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastasis; Lymph node recurrence; N1; Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma; Prognosis; PTMC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR INVASION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84938320020     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-014-0350-7     Document Type: Article

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