Optimal therapy for thymoma

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 17-28

  Kondo, Kazuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Masaoka's clinical staging system; Multimodality therapy; Postoperative radiotherapy; Thymoma; WHO histologic classification

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; MEPREDNISONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; THYMOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 43149090738     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.55.17     Document Type: Review

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