Management of Stage I and II Thymoma

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-67

  Detterbeck, Frank C ^a   Parsons, Alden M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Thoracic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Evaluation; Radiation; Recurrence; Surgery; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78149446316     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2010.08.001     Document Type: Review

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