Vol 8, No 4 (April 01, 2016): Journal of Thoracic Disease [Thymic Malignancy—Perspectives from the Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas (ChART)]

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Preface

Journal of Thoracic Disease Focused Issue: Management of Thymoma
Robert J. Korst
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Consensus

Management of thymic tumors—consensus based on the Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas Multi-institutional retrospective studies
Wentao Fang, Jianhua Fu, Yi Shen, Yucheng Wei, Lijie Tan, Peng Zhang, Yongtao Han, Chun Chen, Renquan Zhang, Yin Li, Keneng Chen, Hezhong Chen, Yongyu Liu, Youbing Cui, Yun Wang, Liewen Pang, Zhentao Yu, Xinming Zhou, Yangchun Liu, Gang Chen, Members of the Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas
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Original Article

CT staging and preoperative assessment of resectability for thymic epithelial tumors
Yan Shen, Zhitao Gu, Jianding Ye, Teng Mao, Wentao Fang, Wenhu Chen
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Pretreatment biopsy for histological diagnosis and induction therapy in thymic tumors
Jie Yue, Zhitao Gu, Zhentao Yu, Hongdian Zhang, Zhao Ma, Yuan Liu, Wentao Fang, Members of the Chinese Alliance for Research of Thymomas
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Preoperative induction therapy for locally advanced thymic tumors: a retrospective analysis using the ChART database
Yucheng Wei, Zhitao Gu, Yi Shen, Jianhua Fu, Liejie Tan, Members of the Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas, Yongtao Han, Chun Chen, Renquan Zhang, Yin Li, Keneng Chen, Hezhong Chen, Yongyu Liu, Youbing Cui, Yun Wang, Liewen Pang, Zhentao Yu, Xinming Zhou, Yangchun Liu, Yuan Liu, Wentao Fang, Members of the Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas
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Perioperative outcomes and long-term survival in clinically early-stage thymic malignancies: video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy versus open approaches
Hao Wang, Zhitao Gu, Jianyong Ding, Lijie Tan, Jianhua Fu, Yi Shen, Yucheng Wei, Peng Zhang, Yongtao Han, Chun Chen, Renquan Zhang, Yin Li, Keneng Chen, Hezhong Chen, Yongyu Liu, Youbing Cui, Yun Wang, Liewen Pang, Zhentao Yu, Xinming Zhou, Yangchun Liu, Yuan Liu, Wentao Fang, Members of the Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas
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Thymectomy versus tumor resection for early-stage thymic malignancies: a Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas (ChART) retrospective database analysis
Zhitao Gu, Jianhua Fu, Yi Shen, Yucheng Wei, Lijie Tan, Peng Zhang, Yongtao Han, Chun Chen, Renquan Zhang, Yin Li, Keneng Chen, Hezhong Chen, Yongyu Liu, Youbing Cui, Yun Wang, Liewen Pang, Zhentao Yu, Xinming Zhou, Yangchun Liu, Yuan Liu, Wentao Fang, Members of the Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas
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The role of postoperative radiotherapy for stage I/II/III thymic tumor—results of the ChART retrospective database
Qianwen Liu, Zhitao Gu, Fu Yang, Jianhua Fu, Yi Shen, Yucheng Wei, Lijie Tan, Peng Zhang, Yongtao Han, Chun Chen, Renquan Zhang, Yin Li, Keneng Chen, Hezhong Chen, Yongyu Liu, Youbing Cui, Yun Wang, Liewen Pang, Zhentao Yu, Xinming Zhou, Yangchun Liu, Jin Xiang, Yuan Liu, Wentao Fang, Members of the Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas
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The application of postoperative chemotherapy in thymic tumors and its prognostic effect
Ke Ma, Zhitao Gu, Yongtao Han, Jianhua Fu, Yi Shen, Yucheng Wei, Lijie Tan, Peng Zhang, Chun Chen, Renquan Zhang, Yin Li, Keneng Chen, Hezhong Chen, Yongyu Liu, Youbing Cui, Yun Wang, Liewen Pang, Zhentao Yu, Xinming Zhou, Yangchun Liu, Yuan Liu, Wentao Fang, Members of the Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas
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Outcome of nonsurgical treatment for locally advanced thymic tumors
Chang-Lu Wang, Lan-Ting Gao, Chang-Xing Lv, Lei Zhu, Wen-Tao Fang
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Postoperative survival for patients with thymoma complicating myasthenia gravis—preliminary retrospective results of the ChART database
Fangrui Wang, Zhitao Gu, Liewen Pang, Yuan Liu, Wentao Fang, Yi Shen, Keneng Chen, Hezhong Chen, Youbin Cui, Renquan Zhang, Lijie Tan, Chun Chen, Yin Li, Yangchun Liu, Yongyu Liu, Yongtao Han, Jianhua Fu, Zhentao Yu, Peng Zhang, Yun Wang, Xinming Zhou
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Clinicopathological analysis of 241 thymic epithelial tumors—experience in the Shanghai Chest Hospital from 1997–2004
Lei Zhu, Jie Zhang, Alexander Marx, Christel Weiss, Wen-Tao Fang
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Comparison of the Masaoka-Koga staging and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/the International Thymic Malignancies Interest Group proposal for the TNM staging systems based on the Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas retrospective database
Guanghui Liang, Zhitao Gu, Yin Li, Jianhua Fu, Yi Shen, Yucheng Wei, Lijie Tan, Peng Zhang, Yongtao Han, Chun Chen, Renquan Zhang, Keneng Chen, Hezhong Chen, Yongyu Liu, Youbing Cui, Yun Wang, Liewen Pang, Zhentao Yu, Xinming Zhou, Yangchun Liu, Yuan Liu, Wentao Fang, Members of the Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas
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Review Article

The enlightenments from ITMIG Consensus on WHO histological classification of thymoma and thymic carcinoma: refined definitions, histological criteria, and reporting
Jie Wu, Wentao Fang, Gang Chen
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Disclosure:

The focused issue “Thymic Malignancy—Perspectives from the Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas (ChART)”was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Robert J. Korst served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the focused issue.