Pleuropneumonectomy for the Treatment of Masaoka Stage IVA Thymoma

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1234-1239

  Wright, Cameron D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PLEUROPNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMOMA;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLEURA; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748743971     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.028     Document Type: Article

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