Clinical Outcome by AMES Risk Definition in Japanese Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma Patients

This study aimed to analyse whether age, metastasis, extrathyroidal invasion and size (AMES) risk definition is valuable for Japanese patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). Methods: Two hundred and fifteen Japanese DTC patients (43 men, 172 women; mean age, 51.0 years; mean follow-up,...

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Main Authors: Nobuyuki Wada, Shinichi Hasegawa, Yoshihiko Masudo, Shohei Hirakawa, Kenichi Matsuzu, Nobuyasu Suganuma, Hirotaka Nakayama, Yasushi Rino, Toshio Imada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-04-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958409601408