title: Reply to 'Is it time to validate the prognostic role of F-18-FDG PET/CT scan in thymic epithelial tumors?'.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan, chida-ths@umin.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chida
authors.forename: Setsu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18