Mediastinal synovial sarcoma

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-185

  Katakura, H ^a,b   Fukuse, T ^a   Shiraishi, I ^a   Hayatsu, E ^a   Nishijo, K ^c   Toguchida, J ^c   Nakashima, Y ^a   Wada, H ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OTSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mediastinal tumor; Synovial sarcoma; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STERNOTOMY; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TERATOMA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; FATALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ONCOPROTEIN; SYT SSX FUSION PROTEIN; SYT-SSX FUSION PROTEIN;

AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 67449083749     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: 14391902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-955886     Document Type: Article

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