Diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of thymoma: An analysis of 116 cases

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1187-1190

  Wang, Yunxi ^a   Sun, Yu'e ^a   Zhang, Jun ^b   Zhou, Naikang ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Li, Xianghong ^a   Xu, Yanjie ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Sino Western Medicine Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical protocols; Diagnosis; Prognosis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0041829097     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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