The role of adjuvant radiation therapy for resected stage III thymoma: A population-based study

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1822-1829

  Weksler, Benny ^a   Shende, Manisha ^a   Nason, Katie S ^a   Gallagher, Angela ^a   Ferson, Peter F ^a   Pennathur, Arjun ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; EXCISION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SEER PROGRAM; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84861622840     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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