New histological classification and staging of thymic malignancies: ITMIG consensus statements and the 8^th TNM staging system

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
² Thoracic Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

Editorial

Jumpei Kashima et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct;9(10):3656-3658.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.09.126.

¹ Department of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
² Thoracic Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Assessment of the ITMIG Statement on the WHO Histological Classification and of the Eighth TNM Staging of Thymic Epithelial Tumors of a Series of 188 Thymic Epithelial Tumors.
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