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A case of thyroid cancer on the track of the radiofrequency electrode 30 months after percutaneous ablation

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Acknowledgments

We thank: Dr. Barbara Massa, cytologist of Cytopathology and Pathology Unit of IRCCS AOU San Martino University-IST, for the revision of thyroid nodule samples, Dr. Gian Luca Ansaldo, surgery of Endocrine Surgery Unit of, IRCCS AOU San Martino University-IST, for the help on revision of our article and Dr. Bernard Patrick for the linguistic correction of our work.

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  1. Endocrinology Unit, IRCCS AOU San Martino University-IST, Largo Rosanna Benzi, n°10, 16132, Genoa, Italy

    S. Oddo & M. Giusti

  2. Cytopathology and Pathology Unit, IRCCS AOU San Martino University-IST, Largo Rosanna Benzi, n°10, 16132, Genoa, Italy

    B. Spina & V. G. Vellone

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The radiofrequency ablation treatment was in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

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Oddo, S., Spina, B., Vellone, V.G. et al. A case of thyroid cancer on the track of the radiofrequency electrode 30 months after percutaneous ablation. J Endocrinol Invest 40, 101–102 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-016-0527-4

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