Postoperative radiotherapy for completely resected stage II or III thymoma

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1282-1286

  Chang, Ji Hyun ^a   Kim, Hak Jae ^a   Wu, Hong Gyun ^a   Kim, Joo Hyun ^a   Kim, Young Tae ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Disease free survival; Prognostic factor; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LEUKEMIA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; THYMOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 79959879515     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31821f9662     Document Type: Article

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