Original Article

On the Surgical Management of Thyroid Cancer

Authors: COLIN G. THOMAS Jr. M.D.

Abstract

The diagnosis of malignant neoplasms of the thyroid may be difficult. Surgical management in a given case depends greatly upon the surgeon's knowledge of the natural course of the disease. The dependence of the tumor upon thyroid stimulating hormone is not to be disregarded.

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