Open AccessDifferentiated Thyroid Cancer: Determinants of Disease Progression in Patients <21 Years of Age at Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Kurt D. Newman,
Thomas J. Black,
Glenn Heller,
Richard G. Azizkhan,
George Holcomb,
Charles A. Sklar,
Vaia Vlamis,
Gerald M. Haase,
Michael P. La Quaglia
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199804000-00014
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , thyroid cancer , lymph node , neck dissection , surgery , thyroidectomy , survival rate , cancer , oncology
This study was done to define the extent of disease and evaluate the effect of staging and treatment variables on progression-free survival in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma who were less than 21 years of age at diagnosis.