Entire hemithorax irradiation for Masaoka stage IVa thymomas
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Entire hemithorax irradiation for Masaoka stage IVa thymomas.
Thymomas are rare neoplasms that have an indolent growth with a preferentially intra-thoracic dissemination pattern. Surgery is currently the standard treatment of thymomas; however radiotherapy is often used in an adjuvant setting due to a high sensitivity of these tumors to such treatment. Postoperative entire hemithoracic irradiation has been used in selected Masaoka stage IVa cases after co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1507-1367
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2012.05.004