Staging system of thymoma

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 10 SUPPL. 4, 2010, Pages

  Masaoka, Akira ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Follow up study; Staging system; Thymoma; TNM classification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASAOKA STAGING SYSTEM; NAGOYA STAGING SYSTEM; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; THYMOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 77957596640     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181f20c05     Document Type: Article

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