The outcome of eight patients with invasive thymoma accompanying pleural dissemination was investigated. Only two patients had mediastinal tumor resection and pleural disseminated tumor excision. Seven patients underwent radiotherapy to the mediastinum and/or disseminated tumors. A clinical response
A proposal for treatment of invasive thymoma
β Scribed by Minoru Uematsu; Makoto Kondo
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 583 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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