Thymic carcinoma: A multivariate analysis of factors predictive of survival in 290 patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 299-303

  Weksler, Benny ^a   Dhupar, Rajeev ^a   Parikh, Vishal ^a   Nason, Katie S ^a   Pennathur, Arjun ^a   Ferson, Peter F ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SEX; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; THYMUS CANCER;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PENNSYLVANIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84871878128     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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