Which stages of thymoma benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy post-thymectomy?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-275

  Attaran, Saina ^a   Mccormack, David ^b   Pilling, John ^a   Harrison Phipps, Karen ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjuvant chemotherapy; Review; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BENCHMARKING; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869405489     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs133     Document Type: Review

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