Thymoma: Update for the new millenium

Oncologist

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-246

  Johnson, Scott B ^a   Eng, Tony Y ^b   Giaccone, Giuseppe ^a   Thomas Jr , Charles R ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Thymoma; Tumor stage

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THYMOMA;

HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034960006     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.6-3-239     Document Type: Review

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