Published Guidelines for Management of Thymoma

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-129

  Fujii, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Classification; Staging; Thymic carcinoma; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; STEROID;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYMOMA; THYMUS SURGERY;

HUMANS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PLEURA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78149435333     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2010.08.002     Document Type: Review

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