Comparison of Stages I-II Thymoma Treated by Complete Resection with or Without Adjuvant Radiation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1635-1642

  Singhal, Sunil ^a   Shrager, Joseph B ^a   Rosenthal, David I ^a   Livolsi, Virginia A ^a   Kaiser, Larry R ^a,b   Wright, Cameron D ^c   Kaiser, Larry ^c  

^a Laboratory Medicine   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYMOMA;

EID: 0242636961     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00819-1     Document Type: Article

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