Malignant thymoma invading pulmonary artery. Changing treatment options;Timoma maligno con invasions dellarteria polmonare: Cambiamenti nelle opzioni terapeutiche

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-122

  Weissberg, D ^a   Cohen, A J ^a   Hayat, H ^b   Schachner, A ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Advanced thymoma; Malignant thymoma; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; COBALT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; TIME; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CISPLATIN; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0036513903     PISSN: 0003469X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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