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Thymome

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Therapiekonzepte Onkologie

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Ca. 0,2–1,5% aller malignen Tumoren; ca. 20% aller mediastinalen Tumoren und ca. 50% der Tumoren im vorderen oberen Mediastinum. Altersgipfel um das 50. Lebensjahr ohne eindeutige Geschlechtsprädilektion.

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Schütte, J. (1995). Thymome. In: Seeber, S., Schütte, J. (eds) Therapiekonzepte Onkologie. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10494-1_20

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