Type B thymoma: Is prognosis predicted only by World Health Organization classification?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Kim, Hong Kwan ^a   Choi, Yong Soo ^a   Kim, Jhingook ^a   Shim, Young Mog ^a   Han, Joungho ^a   Kim, Kwhanmien ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAGING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TYPE B THYMOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77952319654     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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