Dynamic risk stratification in medullary thyroid carcinoma
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Dynamic risk stratification in medullary thyroid carcinoma
Recently, dynamic risk stratification has been found to be more valuable than static anatomic staging system in nonmedullary thyroid cancer and this strategy has also been accepted in medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). The present study was designed to compare the clinical usefulness of response to initial therapy stratification with a traditional anatomic staging system. From August 1982 to Decem...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000009686