Analysis of treatment for thymic carcinoma

Japanese Journal of Lung Cancer

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 309-316

  Maeda, Hajime ^a   Kuwahara, Osamu ^a   Mori, Takashi ^a   Yamamoto, Satoru ^a   Yanai, Noboru ^a   Kawabata, Tsutomu ^a   Sakamoto, Yasuo ^a   Kondo, Nobuyuki ^a   Motohiro, Akira ^a   Shimota, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Natl Chest Hosp Stud Grp Lung C

Author keywords

Prognosis; Thymic carcinoma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; PREDNISONE; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYMUS CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031709619     PISSN: 03869628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2482/haigan.38.309     Document Type: Article

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