Induction Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Resection for Locally Advanced Masaoka Stage III and IVA Thymic Tumors

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 385-389

  Wright, Cameron D ^a   Choi, Noah C ^a   Wain, John C ^a   Mathisen, Douglas J ^a   Lynch, Thomas J ^a   Fidias, Panos ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; THYMUS CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349144958     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.08.051     Document Type: Article

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