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Managing Patients with a Preoperative Diagnosis of AJCC/UICC Stage I (T1N0M0) Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: East Versus West, Whose Policy is Best?

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Hay, I.D. Managing Patients with a Preoperative Diagnosis of AJCC/UICC Stage I (T1N0M0) Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: East Versus West, Whose Policy is Best?. World J Surg 34, 1291–1293 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-010-0469-5

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