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Hospital volume influences the choice of operation for thyroid cancer

J.‐C. Lifante, Antoine Duclos, Sandrine Couray‐Targe, Cyrille Colin, J.-L. Peix, Anne‐Marie Schott

British journal of surgery · 2009 · 25 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

There is a significant relationship between hospital volume and the decision to perform bilateral surgery for thyroid carcinoma. Thyroid cancer surgery should be performed by experienced surgical teams in high-volume centres.

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