World Health Organization histologic classification: An independent prognostic factor in resected thymomas

Lung Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-66

  Rena, Ottavio ^a   Papalia, Esther ^a   Maggi, Giuliano ^b   Oliaro, Alberto ^b   Ruffini, Enrico ^b   Filosso, PierLuigi ^b   Mancuso, Maurizio ^b   Novero, Domenico ^b   Casadio, Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Histology; Surgery; Survival; Thymoma; Thymus; Tumour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THYMOMA; THYMUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 24744434390     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2005.05.009     Document Type: Article

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