Radioresponse of thymomas verified with histologic response

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 471-474

  Ohara, Kiyoshi ^a,b   Tatsuzaki, Hideo ^a,b   Fuji, Hiroshi ^a   Sugahara, Shinji ^c   Okumura, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Akaogi, Eiichi ^a,b   Onizuka, Masataka ^a,b   Ishikawa, Shigemi ^a,b   Mitsui, Kiyofumi ^a,b   Itai, Yuji ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Hitachi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBALT THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THYMOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15444353440     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418698430421     Document Type: Article

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