Debulking surgery for advanced thymoma

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1000-1005

  Liu, H C ^a,b,c   Chen, Y J ^a   Tzen, C Y ^a   Huang, C J ^a   Chang, C C ^b   Huang, W C ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Mackay Junior School of Nursing   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Advanced thymoma; Debulking surgery; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750411520     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2006.03.049     Document Type: Article

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