Role of adjuvant radiotherapy for stage II thymoma after complete tumor resection

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1400-1406

  Chen, Yi Dong ^a   Feng, Qin Fu ^a   Lu, Hai Zhen ^a   Mao, You Sheng ^a   Zhou, Zong Mei ^a   Ou, Guang Fei ^a   Wang, Mei ^a   Zhao, Jun ^a   Zhang, Hong Xing ^a   Xiao, Ze Fen ^a   Chen, Dong Fu ^a   Liang, Jun ^a   Zhai, Yi Rui ^a   Wang, Lu Hua ^a   He, Jie ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Surgery; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT RADIATION; ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE-SPECIFIC SURVIVAL RATES; HISTOLOGICAL TYPE; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; SMALL TUMORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMOMA; TUMOR RESECTION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

DISEASE CONTROL; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

SURGERY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMOMA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78149425347     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.09.066     Document Type: Article

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