Surgical treatment of complex malignant anterior mediastinal tumors invading the superior vena cava

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-170

  Chen, Ke Neng ^a   Xu, Shao Fa ^b   Gu, Zhen Dong ^a   Zhang, Wei Min ^a   Pan, Hong ^a   Su, Wen Zhong ^a   Li, Ji You ^a   Xu, Guang Wei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SAFETY; STERNOTOMY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TERATOMA; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACOTOMY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 31544470634     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0009-x     Document Type: Article

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