Practical barriers to implementation of thyroid cancer guidelines in the Asia-pacific region

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1255-1268

  Yang, Samantha Peiling ^a,b   Ying, Lee Suat ^b   Saw, Stephanie ^b   Michael Tuttle, R ^c   Venkataraman, Kavita ^d   Su Ynn, Chia ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^e MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINOLOGIST; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; THYROID CANCER; BLOOD; CHINA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INDIA; MANPOWER; NECK; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH KOREA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SRI LANKA; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHINA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INDIA; NECK; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SRI LANKA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84979807292     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: 19342403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP15850.OR     Document Type: Article

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