Article
Well-differentiated thyroid carcinomas: p53 mutation status and microvessel density.
Head & neck - 1 Mar 1998
Goldenberg J D, Portugal L G, Wenig B L, Ferrer K, Wu J C, Sabnani J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Risk-stratification schemes exist for well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma and include prognostic factors such as age, sex, extent of tumor, size of tumor, and presence of metastasis. Controversy continues, however, over the aggressiveness of initial surgical intervention because of...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma, Follicular
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Antigens, CD34
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Capillaries
- Carcinoma
- Carcinoma, Papillary
- Carcinoma, Papillary, Follicular
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, p53
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Incidence
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Male