The role of radiotherapy for thymic carcinoma

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 722-726

  Nonaka, Tetsuo ^a,b   Tamaki, Yoshio ^a   Higuchi, Keiko ^a   Katoh, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakahashi, Masumi ^a   Horikoshi, Hiroyuki ^a   Takahashi, Kenro ^a   Minato, Koichi ^a   Sugihara, Shiro ^a   Kojima, Masaru ^a  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complete resection; Radiotherapy; Thymic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PERICARDIUM; PLEURA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; THYMUS CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYMOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14544278507     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyh141     Document Type: Article

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