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Editorial
. 2023 Jun 1;36(6):ivad083.
doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivad083.

Optimism with caution for patients with advanced thymoma and thymic carcinoma

Marcello Migliore  1   2 , Marco Lucchi  3 , Norberto Santana Rodriguez  4
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Editorial

Optimism with caution for patients with advanced thymoma and thymic carcinoma

Marcello Migliore et al. Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. .
No abstract available

Keywords: 4a thymoma; Advanced; Advanced lung cancer; Advanced thymoma; Carcinoma; Chemotherapy; HIOC; HITOC; Hyperthermic; Hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy; Intrathoracic; M1a lung cancer; Mesothelioma; Thymic; Thymoma.

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