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Table 1 Characteristics of 307 patients with primary thymoma and their association with recurrence

From: Long-term outcomes of 307 patients after complete thymoma resection

Variable

Whole cohort (n = 307)

Patients with recurrence (n = 52)a

P

Age (years)

  

0.314

  ≤60

244 (79.5)

44 (18.0)

 

  >60

63 (20.5)

8 (12.7)

 

Sex

  

0.942

 Female

149 (48.5)

25 (16.8)

 

 Male

158 (51.5)

27 (17.1)

 

Tumor size (cm)

  

0.950

  ≤6.5

170 (55.4)

29 (17.1)

 

  >6.5

137 (44.6)

23 (16.8)

 

Myasthenia gravis

  

0.749

 Yes

58 (18.9)

9 (15.5)

 

 No

249 (81.1)

43 (17.3)

 

WHO histological classification

  

<0.001

 A

19 (6.1)

1 (5.3)

 

 AB

99 (32.2)

5 (5.1)

 

 B1

61 (19.9)

7 (11.5)

 

 B2

83 (27.0)

26 (31.3)

 

 B3

45 (14.7)

13 (28.9)

 

Masaoka stage

  

<0.001

 I

74 (24.1)

3 (4.1)

 

 II

170 (55.4)

17 (10.0)

 

 III

52 (16.9)

24 (46.2)

 

 IVa

11 (3.6)

8 (72.7)

 

Surgical approach

  

0.590

 Transsternal

97 (31.6)

14 (14.4)

 

 Transthoracic

140 (45.6)

27 (19.3)

 

 VATS

70 (22.8)

11 (15.7)

 

Postoperative radiotherapy

  

0.006

 Yes

142 (46.3)

15 (10.6)

 

 No

165 (53.7)

37 (22.4)

 
  1. All values are presented as number of patients followed by percentage in parentheses
  2. WHO World Health Organization, VATS video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
  3. aThe percentages in this column was calculated according to the following formula: the number of patients with recurrence/the number of relevant patients in the whole cohort