Galectin-3 and CD44v6 Isoforms in the Preoperative Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- surgical oncology
- Published by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Vol. 17 (11) , 3494-3502
- https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.1999.17.11.3494
Abstract
PURPOSE: Thyroid cancer is the most frequently occurring endocrine malignancy; however, preoperative diagnosis of some lesions, in particular those with follicular histology, is difficult, and a co...Keywords
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