2017
Extending the Reach of Evidence-Based Medicine A Proposed Categorization of Lower-Level Evidence
Detterbeck FC, Gould MK, Lewis SZ, Patel S. Extending the Reach of Evidence-Based Medicine A Proposed Categorization of Lower-Level Evidence. CHEST Journal 2017, 153: 498-506. PMID: 28923759, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.09.006.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
ITMIG Consensus Statement on the Use of the WHO Histological Classification of Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma: Refined Definitions, Histological Criteria, and Reporting
Marx A, Ströbel P, Badve SS, Chalabreysse L, Chan JK, Chen G, de Leval L, Detterbeck F, Girard N, Huang J, Kurrer MO, Lauriola L, Marino M, Matsuno Y, Molina TJ, Mukai K, Nicholson AG, Nonaka D, Rieker R, Rosai J, Ruffini E, Travis WD. ITMIG Consensus Statement on the Use of the WHO Histological Classification of Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma: Refined Definitions, Histological Criteria, and Reporting. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2014, 9: 596-611. PMID: 24722150, DOI: 10.1097/jto.0000000000000154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThymic carcinomaThymic epithelial tumorsB3 thymomaEpithelial tumorsInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest GroupWorld Health Organization classificationPoor interobserver reproducibilityHistological patternOrganization classificationConsensus statementHistological classificationHistological criteriaThymoma subtypesThymomaAtypical typeGrading systemInterobserver reproducibilityTumorsCarcinomaReproducibility studyRefined criteriaMorphological overlapSubtypesVariable proportions