title: [The Masaoka-Koga stage classification for thymic malignancies clarification and definition of terms].
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: Frank C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Detterbeck
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, National Heart and Lung Institute Division of Imperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncological Medical Services, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van Schil
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Cesar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moran
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D013945:Thymoma / Q000145:classification / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology*