Table 2

Clinical features of different thymoma classified according Masaoka Stagea

Masaoka
n
R0-status
N1
M1
Recurrence
5-year survival (%)

I
42
42 (100%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
97.6
II
19
18 (94.7%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
1 (5.3%)
94.7
III
9
6 (66.7%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
66.7
IV
14
5 (35.7%)
6 (42.8%)
8 (57.1)
1 (7%)
64.3

aData are presented as mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated

Dango et al. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2009 4:33   doi:10.1186/1749-8090-4-33