Prognostic factors in thymic epithelial tumors undergoing complete resection

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1056-1062

  Zisis, Charalambos ^a   Rontogianni, Dimitra ^a   Tzavara, Chara ^a   Stefanaki, Kalliopi ^a   Chatzimichalis, Antonios ^a   Loutsidis, Antonios ^a   Iliadis, Kosmas ^a   Kontaxis, Argirios ^a   Dosios, Theodosios ^a   Bellenis, Ion ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEPHONE; THYMOMA; THYMUS SURGERY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 23944452876     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.03.093     Document Type: Article

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