The IASLC/ITMIG thymic epithelial tumors staging project: Proposals for the T component for the forthcoming (8th) edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages S73-S80

  Nicholson, Andrew G ^a,ah   Detterbeck, Frank C ^b   Marino, M ^c   Kim, Jhingook ^d   Stratton, Kelly ^e   Giroux, Dorothy ^e,x   Asamura, Hisao ^f,q   Crowley, John ^e   Falkson, Conrad ^g   Filosso, Pier Luigi ^h   Giaccone, Giuseppe ⁱ   Huang, James ^j   Kondo, Kazuya ^k   Lucchi, Marco ^l   Marom, Edith M ^m   Okumura, Meinoshin ⁿ   Ruffini, Enrico ^h   Van Schil, Paul ^o   Goldstraw, Peter ^a   Rami Porta, Ramón ^p   Ball, David ^r   Beer, David ^s   Beyruti, Ricardo ^t   Bolejack, Vanessa ^e   Chansky, Kari ^e   Eberhardt, Wilfried Ernst Erich ^u   Edwards, John ^v   Galateau Sallé, Françoise ^w   Gleeson, Fergus ^x   Groome, Patti ^y   Kennedy, Catherine ^z   Kingsbury, Laura ^e   Kim, Young Tae ^aa   Kondo, Haruhiko ^ab   Krasnik, Mark ^ac   Kubota, Kaoru ^ad   Lerut, Antoon ^ae   Lyons, Gustavo ^af   Van Meerbeeck, Jan ^o   Mitchell, Alan ^e   Nakano, Takashi ^ag   Nowak, Anna ^ai   Peake, Michael ^aj   Rice, Thomas ^ak   Rosenzweig, Kenneth ^al   Rusch, Valerie ^j   Saijo, Nagahiro ^f   Sculier, Jean Paul ^am   Shemanski, Lynn ^e   Suzuki, Kenji ^an   Tachimori, Yuji ^q   Thomas, Charles F ^ao   Travis, William ^j   Tsao, Ming S ^ap   Turrisi, Andrew ^aq   Vansteenkiste, Johan ^ae   Watanabe, Hirokazu ^f   Wu, Yi Long ^ar   Baas, Paul ^as   Erasmus, Jeremy ^m   Hasegawa, Seiki ^ag   Inai, Kouki ^at   Kernstine, Kemp ^au   Kindler, Hedy ^av   Krug, Lee ^j   Nackaerts, Kristiaan ^ae   Pass, Harvey ^aw   Rice, David ^am   Blackstone, Eugene ^ak   Call Caja, S ^p   Ahmad, U ^ax   Detterbeck, F ^ax   Girard, N ^ay   Haam, Seok Jin ^az   Gomez, D R ^m   Bae, Mi Kyung ^az   Strobel P ^ba   Marx, A ^bb   Saita, S ^bc,dp   Wakelee, H ^bd   Bertolaccini, L ^be   Vallieres, E ^bf   Scott, W ^bg   Su, S ^bg   Park, B ^bh   Marks, J ^bh   Khella, S ^bi   Shen, R ^bj   Rosenberg, M ^bk,bl   Tomulescu, V ^bm   Foroulis, C ^bn   Lang Lazdunski, L ^bo   Billè, Andrea ^bo   Maessen, J G ^bp   Keijzers, M ^bp   Van Veer, H ^ae   Wright, C ^bq   Facciolo, F ^c   Palmieri, G ^br   Buonerba, C ^br   Ferguson, M ^bs   Marulli, G ^bt   Loehrer, P ^bu   Kalkat, M ^bv   Rohrberg, K ^bw   Daugaard, G ^bw   Toker, A ^bx   Erus, S ^bx   Kimmich, M ^by   Brunelli, A ^bz   Refai, M ^bz   Nicholson, A ^a   Lim, E ^a   Park, In Kyu ^ca   Wagner, J ^cb   Tieu, B ^cb   Fang, Wentao ^cc   Zhang, Jie ^cc   Yu, Zhentao ^cd   Han, Yongtao ^ce   Li, Yin ^cf   Chen, Keneng ^cg   Chen, Gang ^ch   Nagai, Kanji ^f   Fujii, Yoshitaka ^ci   Nakajima, Jun ^cj   Ikeda, Norihiko ^ck   Haraguchi, Shuji ^ad   Onuki, Takamasa ^cl   Yoshino, Ichiro ^cm   Tsuchida, Masanori ^cn   Takahashi, Shoji ^co   Yokoi, Kohei ^cp   Hanyuda, Masayuki ^cq   Niwa, Hiroshi ^cr   Date, Hiroshi ^cs   Maniwa, Yoshimasa ^ct   Miyoshi, Shinichiro ^cu   Iwasaki, Akinori ^cv   Okamoto, Tatsuro ^cw   Nagayasu, Takeshi ^cx   Tanaka, Fumihiro ^cy   Suzuki, Minoru ^cz   Yoshida, Kazuo ^da   Okuma, Yusuke ^db   Horio, Hirotoshi ^db   Matsumura, Akihide ^dc   Higashiyama, Masahiko ^dd   Suehisa, Hiroshi ^de   Onuki, Takuya ^df   Sano, Yoshifumi ^dg   Kondo, Keishi ^dh   Al Kattan, K ^di   Cerfolio, R ^dj   Gebitekin, C ^dk   Gomez De Antonio, D ^dl   Kernstine, K H ^dm   Altorki, N ^dn   Novoa, N ^do   Scarci, M ^dq   Voltolini, L ^dr   Weder, W ^ds   Zurek, Wojciech ^dt   Arame, A ^du   Casadio, C ^dv   Carbognani, P ^dw   Donati, G ^dx   Keshavjee, S ^dy   Klepetko, W ^dz   Moser, B ^dz   Lequaglie, C ^ea   Liberman, Moishe ^eb   Mancuso, M ^ec   Nosotti, M ^ed   Spaggiari, L ^ee   Thomas, P A ^ef   Rendina, E ^eg   Venuta, F ^eh   Anile, M ^eh   Schutzner J ^ei   Rocco, G ^ej   more..

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Author keywords

Prognosis; Stage classification; Staging; Thymic carcinoma; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG CANCER; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORAX WALL; THYMIC EPITHELIAL TUMOR; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; TRACHEA; TUMOR INVASION; CLASSIFICATION; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; PROGNOSIS; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84921747900     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000303     Document Type: Article

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