Recommendations for the reporting of surgically resected thymic epithelial tumors

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 918-923

  Weydert, Jamie A ^a   De Young, Barry R ^a   Leslie, Kevin O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Histology; Mediastinum; Stage; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MASAOKA SYSTEM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOMENCLATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUSTER MORAN CLASSIFICATION; THYMIC CARCINOMA; THYMIC EPITHELIAL TUMOR; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CARCINOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 66549117866     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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