Thyroid cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

Annals of Oncology - Tập 30 Số 12 - Trang 1856-1883 - 2019
Sébastiano Filetti1, Cosimo Durante1, Dana M. Hartl2,3, Sophie Leboulleux4,3, Laura D. Locati5, Kate Newbold6, Mauro Papotti7, Alfredo Berruti8
1Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
2Department of Head and Neck Oncology, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif
3Université Paris Saclay, Villejuif
4Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
5Head and Neck Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
6Head and Neck Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
7Department of Pathology, University of Turin, Turin
8Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, Medical Oncology Unit, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy

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