Evaluation of the role of radiation therapy in the management of malignant thymoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1797-1801

  Patel, Shilpen ^a   MacDonald, O Kenneth ^b   Nagda, Suneel ^c   Bittner, Nathan ^d   Suntharalingam, Mohan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Providence Medical Center   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Tacoma/Valley Radiation Oncology Centers   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiation; SEER; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; CAUSE-SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; KAPLAN-MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEER; THYMOMA;

HEAT RADIATION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858699531     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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