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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1170
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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A Staging System for Thymic Epithelial Tumors: More Discussion is Required

Tomoki Utsumi, MD, PhD, Meinoshin Okumura, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, E-1, Suita-City, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan

(Email: utsumi@surg1.med.osaka-u.ac.jp).

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the article by Bedini and colleagues [1] proposing a modified staging system for thymic epithelial tumors. We have some comments regarding their proposal, as an update of Masaoka's grading system [2] now seems to be required.

First, they divided patients with pleural implants into two groups based on whether the implants were limited within the anterior to the phrenic nerve or . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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