In a retrospective study of 119 patients, followed for 1 to 30 years after treatment of a papillary carcinoma of the thyroid, the authors searched for possible prognostic factors of the risk of recurrence. Microcarcinomas, anaplastic tumors and HΓΌrthle cell carcinomas were excluded from the study. I
Prognostic Factors of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Vary According to Sex and Patient Age
β Scribed by Yasuhiro Ito; Takumi Kudo; Yuuki Takamura; Kaoru Kobayashi; Akihiro Miya; Akira Miyauchi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 200 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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