Clinical Trials of Active Surveillance of Papillary Microcarcinoma of the Thyroid

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 516-522

  Miyauchi, Akira ^a  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84957426408     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-015-3392-y     Document Type: Article

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