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  • Title: Evaluation of the prognostic factors after thymoma resection.
    Author: Matsushima S, Yamamoto H, Egami K, Suzuki S, Tanaka S.
    Journal: Int Surg; 2001; 86(2):103-6. PubMed ID: 11918233.
    Abstract:
    We discuss the prognostic factors of thymoma clinicopathologically. Regarding the survival rate by the clinical stage classification of Masaoka, significant correlation was made between stage I and stage III (P < 0.05) and stage I and stage IVa (P < 0.03). The tumor resectability was classified into complete and incomplete resection, and a significant difference was shown by the survival rate of the complete resection at P < 0.0001. Regarding the survival rate by the invasive organ of the tumor, significant correlation was made between no invasion and the great vessel invasion (P < 0.0004) and between invasion except for the great vessel and great vessel invasion (P < 0.004). As for the histological type, the tendency in which the epithelial cell type predominancy increased with the progress of the clinical stage was shown. A significant correlation was not shown in the evaluation by adjuvant therapy. However, recently we have done chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy periodically for invasive thymoma.
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