Thymic carcinoma, Part 2: A clinicopathologic correlation of 33 cases with a proposed staging system

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-121

  Weissferdt, Annikka ^a   Moran, Cesar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Masaoka staging system; Mediastinum; Staging system; Thymic carcinoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84864261841     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPLF3XAT0OHADV     Document Type: Article

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