Extended operation for recurrent thymic carcinoma presenting with intracaval growth and intracardiac extension

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1364-1365

  De Giacomo, Tiziano ^a   Mazzesi, Giuseppe ^a   Venuta, Federico ^a   Coloni, G F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYASTHENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; THYMUS CANCER; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REOPERATION; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 35448935145     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.05.066     Document Type: Article

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