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Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer Presents a Treatment Dilemma in the Dutch Healthcare System

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    Sean Johnson

  2. Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 W Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA

    Tracy Wang

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Johnson, S., Wang, T. Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer Presents a Treatment Dilemma in the Dutch Healthcare System. World J Surg 47, 1219–1220 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-022-06865-7

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