Prognostic factors for cure, recurrence and long-term survival after surgical resection of thymoma

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1018-1022

  Safieddine, Najib ^a   Liu, Geoffrey ^b   Cuningham, Kris ^c   Ming, Tsao ^c   Hwang, David ^c   Brade, Anthony ^c   Bezjak, Andrea ^c   Fischer, Stefan ^a   Xu, Wei ^d   Azad, Sassan ^a   Cypel, Marcelo ^a   Darling, Gail ^a   Yasufuku, Kazu ^a   Pierre, Andrew ^a   De Perrot, Marc ^a   Waddell, Tom ^a   Keshavjee, Shaf ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Recurrence; Risk factors; Survival; Thymectomy; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TUMOR BURDEN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902494026     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000215     Document Type: Article

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