Primary neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus: A multicenter experience of 35 patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 241-246

  Cardillo, Giuseppe ^a   Rea, Federico ^b   Lucchi, Marco ^c   Paul, Marinus A ^d   Margaritora, Stefano ^e,f   Carleo, Francesco ^a   Marulli, Giuseppe ^b   Mussi, Alfredo ^c   Granone, Pierluigi ^e   Graziano, Paolo ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f Centro Oncologico Fiorentino   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARGE CELL NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; THYMOMA; THYMOMECTOMY; THYMUS PRIMARY NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; THYMUS SURGERY;

CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84862847233     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.03.062     Document Type: Article

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