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. 2018 Oct:4:1-3.
doi: 10.1200/JGO.18.00177.

Are We Missing the Elephant in the Room? A Case for Thyroid Cancer Overdiagnosis As the Etiology for Its Increasing Incidence in India

Janeesh Sekkath Veedu  1 , Aju Mathew  1
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Are We Missing the Elephant in the Room? A Case for Thyroid Cancer Overdiagnosis As the Etiology for Its Increasing Incidence in India

Janeesh Sekkath Veedu et al. J Glob Oncol. 2018 Oct.
No abstract available

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Janeesh Sekkath Veedu

No relationship to disclose

Aju Mathew

No relationship to disclose

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