Prevalence of differentiated thyroid cancer in autopsy studies over six decades: A meta-analysis

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 30, 2016, Pages 3672-3679

  Furuya Kanamori, Luis ^a   Bell, Katy J L ^c,e   Clark, Justin ^c   Glasziou, Paul ^c   Doi, Suhail A R ^a,b,d,f,g  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEB OF SCIENCE;

EID: 84992388890     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2016.67.7419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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