Thymic carcinoma. Clinical institutional experience with 15 patients

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 401-406

  Takeda, Shin Ichi ^a   Sawabata, Noriyoshi ^a   Inoue, Masayoshi ^a   Koma, Masaru ^a   Maeda, Hajime ^a   Hirano, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TONEYAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Thymic carcinoma; Thymic epithelial tumors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TERATOMA; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3543103727     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.03.043     Document Type: Article

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