## Abstract __Background__. The tendency of wellβdifferentiated thyroid carcinoma to remain localized and its slow progression have supported the belief that this disease behaves as a lowβgrade malignancy. Consequently, a conservative approach in the management of the wellβdifferentiated thyroid ca
Differentiated thyroid cancer presenting as distant metastases
β Scribed by Anjali Mishra; Saroj Kanta Mishra; Birendra Kishore Das; Prasanta Kumar Pradhan
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Group
- Year
- 2002
- Weight
- 440 KB
- Volume
- 168
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1102-4151
- DOI
- 10.1002/ejs.51
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