Thymic epithelial tumors: Prognostic determinants among clinical, histopathologic, and computed tomography findings

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 462-470

  Moon, Jung Won ^a   Lee, Kyung Soo ^b   Shin, Myung Hee ^b   Kim, Seonwoo ^c   Woo, Sook Young ^c   Lee, Geewon ^d   Han, Joungho ^b   Shim, Young Mog ^b   Choi, Yong Soo ^b  

^a School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYMIC EPITHELIAL TUMOR; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921721803     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.050     Document Type: Article

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