Lung Cancer
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 68-72 , April 2011

Multidisciplinary approach for advanced stage thymic tumors: Long-term outcome

  • Federico Rea

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Division of Thoracic Surgery. University of Padova, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Via Giustiniani, 2, 35100 Padova, Italy. Tel.: +39 0498212237; fax: +39 0498212249.
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  • Giuseppe Marulli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Division of Thoracic Surgery. University of Padova, Italy
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  • Francesco Di Chiara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Division of Thoracic Surgery. University of Padova, Italy
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  • Marco Schiavon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Division of Thoracic Surgery. University of Padova, Italy
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  • Egle Perissinotto

      Affiliations

    • Division of Public Health, Biostatistic, University of Padova, Italy
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  • Cristiano Breda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Division of Thoracic Surgery. University of Padova, Italy
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  • Adolfo Gino Favaretto

      Affiliations

    • Division of Oncology, Veneto Oncologic Institute, Padova, Italy
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  • Fiorella Calabrese

      Affiliations

    • Diagnostic Medical Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padova, Italy

Received 18 May 2010 ,Revised 6 July 2010 ,Accepted 11 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.07.006

Lung Cancer
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 68-72 , April 2011

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