Histologic Classification of Thymoma: The World Health Organization and Beyond

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-392

  Suster, Saul ^a   Moran, Cesar A ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTE; NOMENCLATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYMOMA; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 44249107050     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2008.03.001     Document Type: Review

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