Pathologic radioresponse of preoperatively irradiated invasive thymomas

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-276

  Onuki, Takuya ^a   Ishikawa, Shigemi ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a   Ito, Hiromichi ^a   Sakai, Mitsuaki ^a   Onizuka, Masataka ^a   Sakakibara, Yuzuru ^a   Iijima, Tatsuo ^a   Noguchi, Masayuki ^a   Ohara, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Masaoka staging; Neoadjuvant; Preoperative radiotherapy; Thymoma; WHO

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; THYMOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 43249106468     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181653c8c     Document Type: Article

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