Results of surgical resection for patients with thymoma according to World Health Organization histology and Masaoka staging

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 144-148

  Shinohara, Shinji ^a   Hanagiri, Takeshi ^a   So, Tetsuya ^a   Yasuda, Manabu ^a   Takenaka, Masaru ^a   Nagata, Yoshika ^a   Shimokawa, Hidehiko ^a   Nakagawa, Makoto ^a   Uramoto, Hidetaka ^a   So, Tomoko ^a   Tanaka, Fumihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

autoimmune disease; mediastinal tumor; prognosis; surgical resection; thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84867404048     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: 02193108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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