Thymomas: Clinical-pathological correlations

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-93

  Lucchi, M ^a   Basolo, F ^a   Ribechini, A ^a   Ambrogi, M C ^a   Bencivelli, S ^a   Fontanini, G ^a   Angeletti, C A ^a   Mussi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Follow up; Masaoka staging; Prognosis; Surgery; Thymoma; WHO histological classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645317329     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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