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| * Staging of thymic epithelial tumors was initially proposed by Bergh and his colleagues in 1978.<ref name="Bergh-1978">{{Cite journal | last1 = Bergh | first1 = NP. | last2 = Gatzinsky | first2 = P. | last3 = Larsson | first3 = S. | last4 = Lundin | first4 = P. | last5 = Ridell | first5 = B. | title = Tumors of the thymus and thymic region: I. Clinicopathological studies on thymomas. | journal = Ann Thorac Surg | volume = 25 | issue = 2 | pages = 91-8 | month = Feb | year = 1978 | doi = | PMID = 626543 }}</ref>
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| * Staging of thymic epithelial tumors was modified by Wilkins and Castleman in 1979.<ref name="Wilkins-1979">{{Cite journal | last1 = Wilkins | first1 = EW. | last2 = Castleman | first2 = B. | title = Thymoma: a continuing survey at the Massachusetts General Hospital. | journal = Ann Thorac Surg | volume = 28 | issue = 3 | pages = 252-6 | month = Sep | year = 1979 | doi = | PMID = 485626 }}</ref>
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| * It went through further development by Masaoka et al. in 1981.<ref name="Masaoka-1981">{{Cite journal | last1 = Masaoka | first1 = A. | last2 = Monden | first2 = Y. | last3 = Nakahara | first3 = K. | last4 = Tanioka | first4 = T. | title = Follow-up study of thymomas with special reference to their clinical stages. | journal = Cancer | volume = 48 | issue = 11 | pages = 2485-92 | month = Dec | year = 1981 | doi = | PMID = 7296496 }}</ref><ref name="Kondo-2005">{{Cite journal | last1 = Kondo | first1 = K. | title = Invited commentary. | journal = Ann Thorac Surg | volume = 80 | issue = 6 | pages = 2000-1 | month = Dec | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.08.053 | PMID = 16305832 }}</ref>
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Revision as of 22:19, 24 May 2019
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Marjan Khan M.B.B.S.[2]
Overview
The thymic epithelial tumor staging system was initially proposed by Bergh and his colleagues in 1978,modified by Wilkins and Castleman in 1979, and further developed by Masaoka et al. in 1981.
Historical Perspective
References