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Editorial
. 2014 Feb;21(2):354-5.
doi: 10.1245/s10434-013-3301-2. Epub 2013 Oct 8.

Prophylactic central neck dissection increases the cost of thyroid cancer care

Dawn M Elfenbein  1 , Rebecca S Sippel
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Editorial

Prophylactic central neck dissection increases the cost of thyroid cancer care

Dawn M Elfenbein et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2014 Feb.
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