Does myasthenia gravis influence overall survival and cumulative incidence of recurrence in thymoma patients? A Retrospective clinicopathological multicentre analysis on 797 patients. Issue 3 (June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Filosso, Pier Luigi; Evangelista, Andrea; Ruffini, Enrico; Rendina, Erino Angelo; Margaritora, Stefano; Novellis, Pierluigi; Rena, Ottavio; Casadio, Caterina; Andreetti, Claudio; Guerrera, Francesco; Lausi, Paolo Olivo; Diso, Daniele; Mussi, Alfredo; Venuta, Federico; Oliaro, Alberto; Lucchi, Marco
• Is Part Of: Lung cancer. Volume 88:Issue 3(2015:Jun.)
• Page Start: 338
• Page End: 343
• Publication Date: 2015-06
• Subjects: Lungs -- Cancer -- Periodicals; Lung Neoplasms -- Abstracts; Lung Neoplasms -- Periodicals; Poumons -- Cancer -- Périodiques; Lungs -- Cancer; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Electronic journals; 616.99424
• DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2015.03.007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0169-5002

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Thymoma is a rare mediastinal neoplasm with an estimated incidence of 3.2/1, 000, 000 people.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">The association between thymoma and paraneoplastic autoimmune disorders is well-known.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is the commonest autoimmune disease in thymoma.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Few papers evaluated the real MG clinical impact in thymoma patients.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0025"> <label></label> <p id="par0025">Aim of this paper is to evaluate whether MG may influence overall survival and recurrence development in thymoma patients.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>