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Sonographic Volumetric Assessment Is a More Accurate Measure Than Maximum Diameter Alone in Papillary Thyroid Cancer

BACKGROUND: Tumor size is an important prognostic factor in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Management guidelines, staging systems, and pathological definitions use maximum diameter (Dmax) as a surrogate marker of tumor size. However, PTC nodules are three-dimensional (3D) structures, with behavior...

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Autores principales: Pennington, Thomas E, Thwin, May, Sywak, Mark, Delbridge, Leigh, Sidhu, Stan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Endocrine Society 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6223249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30430142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/js.2018-00233