BACKGROUND: Thymic @entity5 consist of a series of @entity5 that differ morphologically and biologically. Management strategy for these @entity5 remains controversial. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 204 @entity9075 surgically treated during the period of 1970 to 1995, and we reexamined the histologic specimens using the current World Health Organization classification. RESULTS: One hundred eighty @entity1 (88.2%) underwent complete resections, 17 (8.3%) received partial resections, and 7 (3.4%) received biopsies only. The complete resection rate of stages I and II @entity5 was significantly higher than stages III and IV @entity5 (98.2% vs 76.6%; p < 0.001). Twenty-four @entity1 (11.8%) experienced 29 events of complications postoperatively, including 11 events of @entity1737 crisis. @entity1737 , partial resection or biopsy, and stages III and IV were independent risk factors for @entity260 . Fifteen @entity1 (7.4%) died during hospital stays, including 6 @entity1 from @entity1737 crisis. Partial resection or biopsy and @entity1737 were independent risk factors for postoperative mortality. There were significantly more stage I and stage II cases in histologic types A, AB, and B1 @entity5 than in B2, B3, and C @entity5 (87.6% vs 26.4%; p < 0.001), and their complete resection rate was significantly higher than the latter group (98.9% vs 78.3%; p < 0.001). The 5-year and 10-year survival rates were 63.2% and 50.4%, respectively. Masaoka stages III and IV, histologic types B2, B3, and C, and incomplete resection were independent risk factors for poor prognosis. CONCLUSIONS: Complete resection remains the hope of cure for @entity9075 . The treatment strategy should be based on the current World Health Organization histologic classification and the Masaoka staging system.

Surgical management of XXXX : a retrospective review of 204 cases.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['epithelial tumors', 'neoplasm', 'tumors'] @entity1737 :: ('MESH:D009157', 'Disease') :: ['myasthenia', 'myasthenia gravis', 'Myasthenia gravis'] @entity260 :: ('MESH:D011183', 'Disease') :: ['postoperative complications'] @entity9075 :: ('MESH:C536905', 'Disease') :: ['thymic epithelial tumors']
@entity9075 :: (MESH:C536905,Disease) :: ['thymic epithelial tumors']
