Seventy‐one cases of papillary adenocarcinoma of the thyroid were operated on from
January 1967 to July 1968. in 14 cases, the diagnosis of carcinoma was established …

Objective To ascertain whether modified radical neck dissection offers a survival advantage
for some subsets of patients with papillary cancer of the thyroid. Design A retrospective …

Objective: To determine the adequate extent of surgery for small carcinomas of the thyroid.
Design: Retrospective cohort study of 867 consecutive patients with small carcinomas of the …

A subgroup of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) also has chronic thyroiditis (CT)
as an associated disease of the thyroid. To assess the prognostic value of CT in patients …

• This study was aimed at establishing the importance of routine monitoring of white blood
cell counts in patients with Graves' disease receiving antithyroid drug treatment. In the 12-year …

BACKGROUND The majority of patients with thyroid microcarcinoma have a favorable
prognosis. However, some patients may die from this tumor. Although the incidence of …

BACKGROUND In patients with thyroid papillary carcinoma, age and the presence or absence
of distant metastasis are regarded as the main prognostic factors. However, the histologic …

The benefit of modified radical neck dissection for differentiated thyroid cancer is discussed
based on the authors’ experience between 1966 and 1983. Younger patients had a more …

No reliable national antimicrobial consumption data have been available in Japan. The
Japanese antimicrobial consumption surveillance (JACS) project started to collect data …

Objectives To compare the circulating concentrations of endotoxin and cytokines in patients
with fulminant hepatitis and patients with the severe form of acute hepatitis, and to assess …