Prognostic impact of tumour size in completely resected thymic epithelial tumours [THORACIC]

CONCLUSIONS
Patients with tumours >4.0 cm showed significantly worse outcomes in RFS compared with those with smaller tumours. This relationship was also noted in patients with Stage I disease.

Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery - December 19, 2016 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Fukui, T., Fukumoto, K., Okasaka, T., Kawaguchi, K., Nakamura, S., Hakiri, S., Ozeki, N., Hirakawa, A., Tateyama, H., Yokoi, K. Tags: Cerebral protection THORACIC Source Type: research