Clinical Oncology
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 413-418 , August 2010

Who Should Treat Thyroid Cancer? A UK Surgical Perspective

  • N. Sharma

      Affiliations

    • Department of ENT/Head & Neck and Thyroid Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK
    • The School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
    • ,
  • K. Boelaert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK
    • The School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
    • ,
  • J.C. Watkinson

      Affiliations

    • The School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAuthor for correspondence: J.C. Watkinson, Department of ENT/Head, Neck and Thyroid Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK. Tel: (0121)-204-1663.

Received 12 April 2010 ,Accepted 22 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2010.04.006

Clinical Oncology
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 413-418 , August 2010

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