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Table 1 Patient Characteristics, Treatment, and Outcome

From: En bloc Extended Total Thymectomy and Extrapleural Pneumonectomy in Masaoka stage IVA Thymomas

Patient (age, sex)

Side/Year/Histology

Previous treatment

Resection status

Adjuvant treatment

Recurrence site

Outcome, follow-up

1 (34, F)

Rt/2005/B1+B2

None

Complete

None

Peritoneum 13 mo

DOD, 25 mo

2 (58, M)

Rt/2005/B2

S/adjuvant RT (54Gy)

Complete

None

None

Dead, pneumonia, 27 mo

3 (35, M)

Rt/2006/B2+B3

S (sternotomy, stage III)

Complete

CT (CAP)

None

NED, 40 mo

4 (65, F)

Lt/2007/B2

CT (CAV #2, VIP #10)

Incomplete

CT+RT (60Gy)

Mediastinum, pleura

DOD, 31 mo

5 (49, F)

Lt/2007/B1+B2

CT (docetaxel, cisplatin)

Complete

CT (CAP)

None

NED, 27 mo

6 (50, M)

Rt/2007/B2+B3

CT (docetaxel, cisplatin)

Complete

CT (CAP)

None

NED, 24 mo

7 (52, M)

Lt/2008/B3

CT (docetaxel, cisplatin)

Complete

CT (CAP)

None

NED, 13 mo

  1. DOD, dead of disease; NED, no evidence of disease;
  2. S, surgery; RT, radiotherapy; CT, chemotherapy;
  3. CAP, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, cisplatin; CAV, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine;
  4. VIP, etoposide, ifosfamide, cisplatin.