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  • Title: [Thymoma. Analysis of a series of 42 cases].
    Author: Dumont P, Warter A, Roeslin N, Morand G, Wihlm JM, Witz JP.
    Journal: Rev Pneumol Clin; 1987; 43(6):322-6. PubMed ID: 3441724.
    Abstract:
    The authors have treated 42 patients with thymoma and report on their experience. The mode of discovery, and notably the thymoma-myasthenia association in 8 cases (20%), the diagnostic approach and the management of the disease--surgery alone : 18 cases, surgery combined with radiotherapy : 24 cases and/or with chemotherapy : 5 cases--were analyzed. The thymomas were classified according to the G.E.T.T. system after re-examination of the histological sections. The course of the disease was studied. The overall survival rate, which depends on tumoral stage, was 71% at 4 years and 69% at 10 years; 5 patients died of the disease and 9 of other causes, including 5 who presented with a blood disease. This series is compared with other published series. The frequency of myasthenia and the respective prognostic values of anatomico-surgical, histological and histo-immunological classifications are discussed.
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