Open AccessIs Postoperative Radiotherapy for Thymoma Effective?
Author(s) -
Masayuki Haniuda,
Mitsuhiro Miyazawa,
Kazuo Yoshida,
Masahiko Oguchi,
Fumikazu Sakai,
I Izuno,
Shusuke Sone
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199608000-00016
Subject(s) - thymoma , medicine , pericardium , radiation therapy , mediastinal tumor , biopsy , surgery , mediastinum , thymectomy , surgical oncology , stage (stratigraphy) , radiology , myasthenia gravis , paleontology , biology
The authors determined the effect of postoperative mediastinal irradiation in preventing local and pleural recurrence of thymoma.