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Which papillary thyroid microcarcinoma should be treated as “true cancer” and which as “precancer”?
BACKGROUND: Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) generally is a cancer with excellent prognosis, but the term “cancer” sounds severe and harsh, which can elicit emotional and physical responses from patients. To eliminate the word “cancer,” the term noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with pa...
Autores principales: | Kaliszewski, Krzysztof, Diakowska, Dorota, Wojtczak, Beata, Forkasiewicz, Zdzisław, Pupka, Dominika, Nowak, Łukasz, Rudnicki, Jerzy |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6543635/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31146753 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-019-1638-0 |
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