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Abstract
In a survey of 293 patients with carcinoma of the thyroid, a goitre or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck were the commonest symptoms and a mass confined to one lobe the commonest sign. Hardness of the mass was an important diagnostic feature, and at least two-thirds of the tumour could be recognized before operation. It is suggested that the preoperative evaluation of thyroid swellings should be classified as benign, cancer suspected, and cancer probable.Entities:
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Year: 1973 PMID: 4800743 PMCID: PMC1587522 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.4.5891.532
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br Med J ISSN: 0007-1447