The IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Malignancies Staging Project Development of a Stage Classification for Thymic Malignancies

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1467-1473

  Detterbeck, Frank C ^a   Asamura, Hisao ^b   Crowley, John ^c   Falkson, Conrad ^d   Giaccone, Giuseppe ^e   Giroux, Dori ^c   Huang, James ^f   Kim, Jhingook ^g   Kondo, Kazuya ^h   Lucchi, Marco ⁱ   Marino, Mirella ^j   Marom, Edith M ^k   Nicholson, Andrew ^l   Okumura, Meinoshin ^m   Ruffni, Enrico ⁿ   Van Schil, Paul ^o   Stratton, Kelly ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^j REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^l ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^m OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^o ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Staging of stage classification; Thymic carcinoma; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DATA BASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASAOKA SYSTEM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOMENCLATURE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; THYMUS CANCER; CLASSIFICATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LUNG TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDS; THYMOMA;

HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84892153926     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000017     Document Type: Article

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