Atypical thymoma: A report of seven patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 411-416

  Baran, Johanna L ^a   Magro, Cynthia M ^b   King, Mark A ^b   Williams Jr , Thomas E ^b   Ross Jr , Patrick ^b  

^a Immunology and Medical Genetics   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL THYMOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX WALL; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLOOD VESSELS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAPHRAGM; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERICARDIUM; PHRENIC NERVE; PLEURA; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC WALL; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 3242761318     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.12.052     Document Type: Article

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