Prediction of Thymoma Histology and Stage by Radiographic Criteria

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Yanagawa, Masahiro ^a   Tomiyama, Noriyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography; Thymic epithelial tumors; World Health Organization classification

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; THYMOMA;

HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78149421251     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2010.08.008     Document Type: Review

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