The 2015 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Thymus: Continuity and Changes
Marx A, Chan JK, Coindre JM, Detterbeck F, Girard N, Harris NL, Jaffe ES, Kurrer MO, Marom EM, Moreira AL, Mukai K, Orazi A, Ströbel P. The 2015 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Thymus: Continuity and Changes. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2015, 10: 1383-1395. PMID: 26295375, PMCID: PMC4581965, DOI: 10.1097/jto.0000000000000654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorld Health Organization classificationThymic epithelial tumorsOrganization classificationEpithelial tumorsThymic squamous cell carcinomaPositron emission tomography/Squamous cell carcinomaGerm cell tumorsNew tumor entityEmission tomography/Soft tissue tumorsClassification of tumorsDendritic cellsMediastinal lymphomaThymic tumorsCell carcinomaCell tumorsThoracic surgeryTomography/Therapeutic decisionsThymus sectionsMyeloid neoplasmsTumor entitiesDiagnostic criteriaClinical relevance