General Concepts and Strategies in the Management of Thymic Malignancies
Management of thymic tumors����consensus based on the Chinese Alliance for Research
in Thymomas
Multi-institutional retrospective studies
The impact of CHART on the science of thymic malignancies
Management of thymic tumors�� a European perspective
Prof�� Frank Detterbeck�� more attention should be paid to subgroup in the study of rare disease
Prof�� Robert Korst�� PORT in completely resected thymoma����more observation is needed
Prognostic stratification of thymic epithelial tumors based on both Masaoka-Koga stage and WHO
classification systems
CT staging and preoperative assessment of resectability for thymic epithelial tumors
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a big fire
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
The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/the International Thymic Malignancies
Interest Group proposal for the TNM staging systems for thymic epithelial tumors and large-scale retrospective data
The enlightenments from ITMIG Consensus on WHO histological classification of thymoma and
thymic carcinoma�� refined definitions�� histological criteria�� and reporting
Clinicopathological analysis of 241 thymic epithelial tumors����experience in the Shanghai Chest

Hospital from 1997-2004
Thymic epithelial tumors in a worldwide perspective�� lessons from observational studies
Pretreatment biopsy for histological diagnosis and induction therapy in thymic tumors
Pretreatment biopsy for thymic epithelial tumors����does histology subtype matter for treatment strategy?
Preoperative induction therapy for locally advanced thymic tumors�� a retrospective analysis using the CHART database
Multimodality therapy for locally-advanced thymic epithelial tumors�� where are we now?
The role of postoperative radiotherapy for stage ��/��/�� thymic tumor����results of the CHART retrospective database
The application of postoperative chemotherapy in thymic tumors and its prognostic effect
How large databases may ��impact clinical practices for rare tumors����postoperative chemotherapy in thymic malignancies
Outcome of nonsurgical treatment for locally advanced thymic tumors
Non-surgical treatment of locally advanced thymic epithelial tumors����a need for multicenter trials
Postoperative survival for patients with thymoma complicating myasthenia gravis����preliminary retrospective results of
the CHART database
Editorial on "Postoperative survival for patients with thymoma complicating myasthenia gravis preliminary
retrospective results of the CHART database"
Surgical Therapies for Thymic Malignancies
Thymectomy versus tumor resection for early-stage thymic malignancies�� a Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas
retrospective database analysis
Thymomectomy in early stage thymomas����case closed?
Standardized definitions and policies of minimally invasive thymoma resection
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus open thymectomy for thymoma�� a systematic review
Minimally invasive versus open thymectomy�� a systematic review of surgical techniques�� patient demographics��
and perioperative outcomes
Endoscopic thymectomy�� a neurologist's perspective
Perioperative outcomes and long-term survival in clinically early-stage thymic malignancies�� video- assisted
thoracoscopic thymectomy versus open approaches
Early stage thymoma�� is VATS the new standard of care?
Minimally invasive thymectomy�� the Mayo Clinic experience
Multi-institutional European experience of robotic thymectomy for thymoma
Subxiphoid uniportal thoracoscopic extended thymectomy
Subxiphoid and subcostal arch thoracoscopic extended thymectomy�� a safe and feasible minimally
invasive procedure for selective stage III thymomas
Thymectomy via a subxiphoid approach�� single-port and robot-assisted
Left- and right-sided video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy exhibit similar effects
on myasthenia gravis
Video assisted thoracic surgery ��VATS�� for recurrent thymoma