Therapy for thymic epithelial tumors: a clinical study of 1,320 patients from Japan.

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Published in Ann Thorac Surg on September 01, 2003

Authors

Kazuya Kondo1, Yasumasa Monden

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Oncological and Regenerative Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan. kondo@clin.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp

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