Stoical therapy and pathological analysis of thymoma
LI Xin
ZHANG Shao-yan
OU Song-lei
SONG Fei-qiang
HU Yan-sheng
MA Xu-chen
Abstract：Objective To explore the results of surgical treatment for thymoma,and to investigate the influence of pathological predictors on long-term survival.Methods The clinical and pathologic features of 104 cases from 2000 to 2009 underwent surgical treatment for thymoma were reviewed.The prognostic factors against postoperative survival were analyzed.Results The rate of complete resection was 92.3%.The morbidity was 3.8% and no death happened perioperatively.Thymomas were staged according to the Masaoka system as 26.9% stage Ⅰ,40.4% stage Ⅱ,28.8% stage Ⅲ,3.8% stage Ⅳa and classified according to the World Health Organization system as 3.8% type A,8.6% typeAB,22.1% type B1,43.3% type B2,17.3% type B3,5.8% type C.Mean followup was 62.3±18.5 months.The overall 1-,3- and 5-yearsurvival rates were 98.1%,88.5 and 82.3%,respectively.The Masaoka staging and the World Health Organization classification significantly influenced the long-term survival.Stage Ⅲ,Ⅳa,type B3 and type C were related with worse prognosis.Conclusions Surgical method is safe and effective in the treatment of thymoma.The clinical staging and the histologic classification influence long-term survival.
Keywords：ThymomaSurgeryPathology
Publication Date：2010-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)