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Which Is the Best Treatment in Recurrent Thymoma? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

BACKGROUND: Optimal recurrent thymoma management remains arguable because of limited patient numbers, and relatively late and variable recurrence patterns. Given the absence of high-quality evidence and relatively small study cohorts, we performed a …

Surgery in Masaoka stage IV thymic carcinoma: a propensity-matched study based on the SEER database.

BACKGROUND: Thymic carcinoma is a type of rare and highly malignant tumor. Limited information was available on prognostic factors of late-stage thymic carcinoma. The aim of this study was to identify factors that impact prognosis and to define the …