Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the thymus: A distinct variant of thymic carcinoma

Lung Cancer

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-27

  Maeda, Daichi ^a,b   Ota, Satoshi ^b   Ikeda, Shingo ^a   Kawano, Ryoji ^a   Hata, Enjo ^a   Nakajima, Jun ^b   Mori, Masaya ^a   Fukayama, Masashi ^b  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Mucinous adenocarcinoma; Thymic carcinoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; DOCETAXEL; ETOPOSIDE; MUCIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS MUCINOUS ADENOCARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATIN-20; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 61449110923     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2008.06.019     Document Type: Article

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