A review of prognostic factors in thymic malignancies

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 7 SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages

  Detterbeck, Frank ^a   Youssef, Samuel ^a   Ruffini, Enrico ^b   Okumura, Meinoshin ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Prognostic factor; Thymic carcinoma; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THYMUS CANCER;

EID: 79959849575     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31821e7b12     Document Type: Review

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