The Role of Surgery in the Management of Thymoma: A Systematic Review

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 673-684

  Davenport, Eric ^a   Malthaner, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; REOPERATION; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47149085141     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.03.055     Document Type: Review

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