%0 Journal Article %T New histological classification and staging of thymic malignancies: ITMIG consensus statements and the 8 th TNM staging system %A Kashima, Jumpei %A Okuma, Yusuke %J Journal of Thoracic Disease %D 2017 %B 2017 %9 %! New histological classification and staging of thymic malignancies: ITMIG consensus statements and the 8 th TNM staging system %K %X Thymic epithelial tumors are rare malignancies, and their pathological classification has been refined for many times. In 1961, Bernatz et al . have subtyped thymic malignancies according to lymphocytes and epithelial component; however, the concept of thymic carcinoma was not introduced (1). %U https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/16744 %V 9 %N 10 %P 3656-3658 %@ 2077-6624