The value of transcapsular invasion in patients with thymoma

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1364-1365

  Venuta, Federico ^a   Anile, Marco ^a   Rendina, Erino A ^a   Vitolo, Domenico ^a   De Giacomo, Tiziano ^a   Coloni, Giorgio F ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LETTER; PROGNOSIS; THYMOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 69749116789     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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