Thymic Carcinoma: Current Concepts and Histologic Features

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 393-407

  Moran, Cesar A ^a   Suster, Saul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOGENETICS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY; VIRUS INFECTION;

HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 44249090429     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2008.03.002     Document Type: Review

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