Open AccessApplication of Staging Systems for Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma in an Endemic Goiter Region With Iodine Substitution
Author(s) -
Christian Passler,
Gerhard Prager,
Christian Scheuba,
Klaus Kaserer,
Georg Zettinig,
Bruno Niederle
Publication year - 2003
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 - 10.1097/01.sla.0000048449.69472.81
Subject(s) - medicine , goiter , iodine , thyroid , carcinoma , thyroid carcinoma , substitution (logic) , iodine deficiency , oncology , linguistics , philosophy , materials science , metallurgy
To evaluate and compare staging systems for differentiated thyroid carcinoma and predicted outcome in an endemic goiter region with iodine substitution and to examine the risk profile of differentiated thyroid carcinoma and compare it against nongoiter regions.