Endocrinol Metab.  2024 Feb;39(1):95-97. 10.3803/EnM.2024.104.

It Is Time to Understand the Additional Benefits of Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

• Kim KJ

• KMID: 2552801
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2024.104

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