Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:2007
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Original article: General thoracic
Invited commentary
Norman J. Snow, MD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, 840 S Wood St, Suite 417 (M/C 958), Chicago, IL 60612-7322
(Email: nsnow@uic.edu).
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The manuscript by Fang and colleagues [1] confirms earlier validation of the utility of the World Health Organization histologic classification of thymic epithelial tumors with respect to prognosis and operative risks. However, one must use caution in making preoperative clinical decisions based on minimally invasive biopsies. The anatomic (Masaoka) . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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