Primary intrapulmonary thymoma: A systematic review

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1137-1141

  Myers, P O ^a   Kritikos, N ^a   Bongiovanni, M ^a   Triponez, F ^a   Collaud, S ^a   Pache, J C ^a   Robert, J H ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Lung cancer surgery; Lung pathology; Lung, benign lesions; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEATH; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MEDLINE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYMOMA; THYMUS SURGERY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36048944804     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.02.033     Document Type: Review

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