The Role of Surgery in Recurrent Thymic Tumors

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-131

  Ruffini, Enrico ^a   Filosso, Pier Luigi ^a   Oliaro, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediastinal neoplasms; Recurrence; Salvage surgery; Thymic tumors; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149336865     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2008.09.005     Document Type: Review

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