TY - JOUR AU - Karube, Yoko AU - Kobayashi, Satoru AU - Maeda, Sumiko AU - Sado, Tetsu AU - Ishihama, Hiromi AU - Chida, Masayuki PY - 2016 DA - 2016/05/26 TI - Tumor-related gene expression levels in thymic carcinoma and Type B3 thymoma JO - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery SP - 85 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Thymic carcinoma (TC) is a rare type of malignant neoplasm that develops in the anterior mediastinum and associated with poor prognosis. Type B3 thymoma (B3) occasionally demonstrates malignant tumor characteristics, especially in the advanced stage. We investigated the expressions of tumor-related genes in resected TC and B3 specimens. SN - 1749-8090 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-016-0468-1 DO - 10.1186/s13019-016-0468-1 ID - Karube2016 ER -