Thymomas and extrathymic cancers

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 884-888

  Weksler, Benny ^a   Nason, Katie S ^a   MacKey, Daniel ^a   Gallagher, Angela ^a   Pennathur, Arjun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EXTRATHYMIC CANCER; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84857569863     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.05.089     Document Type: Article

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