Figure 2

Freedom from recurrence and freedom from local recurrence after thymoma resection. (A) The 5-, 10- and 15-year freedom from recurrence rates were 95.4%, 82.7% and 71.4% in the extended thymectomy group, 98.9%, 93.8% and 71.1% in the limited thymectomy group, p = 0.472). (B) The 5-, 10- and 15-year freedom from local recurrence rates were 99.0%, 97.8% and 95.1% in the extended thymectomy group, 100.0%, 97.7% and 86.4% in the limited thymectomy group, p = 0.798).