The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Pages e29-e31 , August 2010

Primary thoracic cavity gastrointestinal stromal tumor

  • Ji-Wei Cheng, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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  • Shao-Hua Lu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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  • Song-Tao Xu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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  • Hao Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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  • Ying-Yong Hou, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Ying Yong Hou, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Rd, Shanghai 200032, China.
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  • Ru-Heng Zheng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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  • Yun-Shan Tan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Received 26 October 2009 ,Revised 24 December 2009 ,Accepted 1 January 2010.

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 Disclosures: None.

 J-W. Cheng and S-H. Lu contributed equally to this study.

PII: S0022-5223(10)00032-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.01.005

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 2 , Pages e29-e31 , August 2010

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