Thymoma: A clinicopathologic study based on the new World Health Organization classification

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1134-1140

  Nakagawa, Kazuo ^a   Asamura, Hisao ^a   Matsuno, Yoshihiro ^a   Suzuki, Kenji ^a   Kondo, Haruhiko ^a   Maeshima, Arafumi ^a   Miyaoka, Etsuo ^b   Tsuchiya, Ryosuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0142182639     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00798-0     Document Type: Article

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