The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 40-45 , July 2009

Recurrent intrathoracic thymomas: Potential prognostic importance of cell-cycle protein expression

  • Tommaso C. Mineo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Policlinico Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Tommaso C. Mineo, MD, Cattedra di Chirurgia Toracica, Università Tor Vergata, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Via Oxford, 81, 00133 Rome, Italy.
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  • Vincenzo Ambrogi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Policlinico Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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  • Alfonso Baldi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Biophysic “F. Cedrangolo,” Section of Anatomic Pathology, Second University, Naples, Italy
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  • Eugenio Pompeo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Policlinico Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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  • Davide Mineo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Policlinico Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

Received 2 June 2008 ,Revised 22 September 2008 ,Accepted 27 November 2008.

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 This research was granted by the grant 60% 2005 from the Tor Vergata University and from the Italian Health Ministry according to the project “Profilo genetico associato al fenotipo metastatico e alla prognosi nei tumori polmonari.”

 This study has been carried out within the Research Fellowship Program “Tecnologie e Terapie Avanzate in Chirurgia,” awarded by TOR Vergata University.

PII: S0022-5223(08)02054-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.11.048

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 40-45 , July 2009

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