Widespread metastases after resection of noninvasive thymoma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1752-1755

  Gamboa, Eric O ^a   Sawhney, Vishal ^a   Lanoy, Reynerio S ^a   Haller, Nairmeen A ^a,b   Powell, Angela T ^a,b   Hazra, Sandra V ^a  

^a AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 43249119668     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.5656     Document Type: Article

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