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Malignant tumor of mediastinum

Known as: Malignant Neoplasm of Mediastinum, Cancer, Mediastinal, Malignant Mediastinal Neoplasm 
A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm affecting the mediastinum. Representative examples of primary malignant mediastinal neoplasms include… Expand
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Mediastinal Neoplasms

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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Clinical implementation of intensity modulated proton therapy for thoracic malignancies.
  • J. Chang, H. Li, +10 authors X. Zhang
  • International journal of radiation oncology…
  • 2014
    • Corpus ID: 25259555
PURPOSE Intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) can improve dose conformality and better spare normal tissue over passive… Expand
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Lymph node evaluation by open or video-assisted approaches in 11,500 anatomic lung cancer resections.
BACKGROUND Unsuspected lymph node metastases are found in the surgical specimens of 10% to 25% clinical stage I lung cancers… Expand
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Survival in cancer of unknown primary site: population-based analysis by site and histology.
BACKGROUND Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is diagnosed at a metastatic stage, conferring an unfavorable prognosis. The natural… Expand
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2011
2011
Cisplatin and irinotecan combination chemotherapy for advanced thymic carcinoma: evaluation of efficacy and toxicity.
BACKGROUND Thymic carcinoma is a rare, malignant mediastinal tumor that is definitively distinguished from thymoma by its wide… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Transesophageal endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) and endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) biopsy: a combined approach in the…
BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS It would be desirable to develop minimally invasive methods of tissue diagnosis from lymph nodes as… Expand
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Acute Pericarditis in Childhood: A 10-Year Experience
Abstract. Twenty children, aged 6 months to 13 years, with acute pericarditis admitted between 1987 and 1997 to a university… Expand
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Surgical aspects of 175 mediastinal goiters.
OBJECTIVE Clinical picture and surgical management of 175 mediastinal goiters are discussed in this retrospective study. METHOD… Expand
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
An early comparison between endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration and mediastinoscopy for diagnosis of mediastinal malignancy.
Precise mediastinal lymph node staging is essential in non-small cell lung cancer for proper evaluation and treatment. In… Expand
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Underutilization of transbronchial needle aspiration: experiences of current pulmonary fellows.
Transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is a valuable, minimally invasive procedure for diagnosing and staging lung cancer in… Expand
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Antibodies to a subpopulation of glial cells and a 66 kDa developmental protein in patients with paraneoplastic neurological syndromes.
BACKGROUND: Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) are inflammatory disorders that probably depend on autoimmune processes… Expand
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