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Practical Management of Thyroid Cancer

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  1. Thyroid Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK

    Masud S. Haq BSc, MBBS, MRCP & Clive Harmer FRCR FRCP

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  1. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Ernest L. Mazzaferri MD, MACP (Emeritus Professor) (Emeritus Professor)

  2. University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, USA

    Ernest L. Mazzaferri MD, MACP (Emeritus Professor) (Emeritus Professor)

  3. Department of Radiotherapy, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK

    Clive Harmer FRCR, FRCP (Head of Thyroid Unit) (Head of Thyroid Unit)

  4. Northern Centre for Cancer Treatment, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Ujjal K. Mallick MS, FRCR (Vice-Chair) (Vice-Chair)

  5. Thyroid Cancer Subgroup, National Cancer Research Institute, UK

    Ujjal K. Mallick MS, FRCR (Vice-Chair) (Vice-Chair)

  6. Northern Cancer Network Thyroid Cancer Group, UK

    Ujjal K. Mallick MS, FRCR (Vice-Chair) (Vice-Chair)

  7. Department of Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Pat Kendall-Taylor MD, FRCP (Emeritus Professor) (Emeritus Professor)

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Haq, M.S., Harmer, C. (2006). Rare Thyroid Cancers. In: Mazzaferri, E.L., Harmer, C., Mallick, U.K., Kendall-Taylor, P. (eds) Practical Management of Thyroid Cancer. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-013-3_30

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