A Recurrence Predictive Model for Thymic Tumors and Its Implication for Postoperative Management: a Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas Database Study
Liu H, Gu Z, Qiu B, Detterbeck FC, Roden AC, Ruffini E, Okumura M, Girard N, Xiang Y, Liu Y, Du Z, Hao Y, Fu J, Zhang P, Pang L, Chen K, Wang Y, Yu Z, Mao T, Fang W, Group A. A Recurrence Predictive Model for Thymic Tumors and Its Implication for Postoperative Management: a Chinese Alliance for Research in Thymomas Database Study. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2019, 15: 448-456. PMID: 31726106, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.10.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk patientsAdjuvant therapyPostoperative yearThymic carcinomaComplete resectionPostoperative managementNeuroendocrine tumorsBootstrap-corrected C-indexChinese AlliancePostoperative adjuvant therapyIndependent predictive factorsLow-risk patientsMultivariate Cox regressionOverall survival rateAppropriate postoperative managementThymic epithelial tumorsHigh-risk groupLow-risk groupIIIA tumorsLocoregional recurrenceDisease recurrenceB3 thymomaHistologic typeNomogram modelT stage