Giovenzio Genestreti, Luca Ampollini, Marco Angelo Burgio, Luigi Rolli, Stefano Sanna, Emanuela Scarpi, Manuela Monti, Salvatore Luca Burgio, Luca Burgio Salvatore, Luciana Giannone, Antonio Santo, Maurizio Mezzetti, Claudia Casanova, Roberta Buosi, Michele Rusca, Dino Amadori, Giampaolo Gavelli
BACKGROUND: This multicenter analysis evaluated patient outcome and clinical pathologic features of thymic epithelial tumors after complete surgical resection and adjuvant treatment. METHODS: Histologic classification and clinical staging were performed according to WHO classification and Masaoka staging system, respectively. RESULTS: We analyzed 62 patients, 20 (32%) of whom had myasthenia at diagnosis. Clinical and pathologic staging was as follows: 31 (50%) and 30 (48%) patients had stage I disease, 19 (30%) and 22 (35%) stage II, 5 (8%) and 3 (6%) stage III, 2 (4%) and 2 (3%) stage IVa, and 5 (8%) and 5 (8%) stage IVb, respectively...
September 2013: Annals of Surgical Oncology