Type A and AB thymomas: Histological features associated with increased stage

Histopathology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 884-891

  Green, Anna C ^a   Marx, Alexander ^b   Ströbel, Philipp ^b,c   Mason, Marianne ^a   Lim, Eric ^d   Jordan, Simon ^d   Ladas, George ^d   Dusmet, Michael ^d   Rice, Alexandra ^a   Nicholson, Andrew G ^a,e  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypia; Grade; Masaoka Koga; Stage; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYMOMA; TYPE A THYMOMA; TYPE AB THYMOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84926671440     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/his.12512     Document Type: Article

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