Acknowledgement
Members of the KART Study Group: Geun Dong Lee, Jae Kwang Yun, Sehoon Choi, Hyeong Ryul Kim, YongHee Kim, Dong Kwan Kim, Seung-Il Park (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea); Sumin Shin, Jong Ho Cho, Hong Kwan Kim, Jhingook Kim, Young Mog Shim (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea); Samina Park, In Kyu Park, Chang Hyun Kang, Young Tae Kim (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea); and Chang Young Lee, Jin Gu Lee, Dae Joon Kim, Hyo Chae Paik (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea).
References
- Venuta F, Anile M, Diso D, et al. Thymoma and thymic carcinoma. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:13-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.05.038
- Na KJ, Hyun K, Kang CH, et al. Predictors of post-thymectomy long-term neurological remission in thymomatous myasthenia gravis: an analysis from a multi-institutional database. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2020;57:867-73. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezz334
- Detterbeck FC, Stratton K, Giroux D, et al. The IASLC/ITMIG Thymic Epithelial Tumors Staging Project: proposal for an evidence-based stage classification system for the forthcoming (8th) edition of the TNM classification of malignant tumors. J Thorac Oncol 2014;9(9 Suppl 2):S65-72. https://doi.org/10.1097/JTO.0000000000000290
- Yun JK, Kim HR, Kim DK, et al. Tumor size as a prognostic factor in limited-stage thymic epithelial tumors: a multicenter analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021;162:309-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.05.048
- Okumura M, Yoshino I, Yano M, et al. Tumour size determines both recurrence-free survival and disease-specific survival after surgical treatment for thymoma. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2019;56:174-81. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezz001
- Masaoka A, Monden Y, Nakahara K, Tanioka T. Follow-up study of thymomas with special reference to their clinical stages. Cancer 1981;48:2485-92. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19811201)48:11<2485::AID-CNCR2820481123>3.0.CO;2-R
- Koga K, Matsuno Y, Noguchi M, et al. A review of 79 thymomas: modification of staging system and reappraisal of conventional division into invasive and non-invasive thymoma. Pathol Int 1994;44: 359-67. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1827.1994.tb02936.x
- Okumura M, Ohta M, Tateyama H, et al. The World Health Organization histologic classification system reflects the oncologic behavior of thymoma: a clinical study of 273 patients. Cancer 2002;94:624-32. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.10226
- Marchevsky AM, Gupta R, McKenna RJ, et al. Evidence-based pathology and the pathologic evaluation of thymomas: the World Health Organization classification can be simplified into only 3 categories other than thymic carcinoma. Cancer 2008;112:2780-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.23492
- Yun JK, Lee GD, Kim HR, et al. A nomogram for predicting recurrence after complete resection for thymic epithelial tumors based on the TNM classification: a multi-institutional retrospective analysis. J Surg Oncol 2019;119:1161-9. https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.25462
- Regnard JF, Magdeleinat P, Dromer C, et al. Prognostic factors and long-term results after thymoma resection: a series of 307 patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996;112:376-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5223(96)70265-9
- Weissferdt A, Moran CA. The impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on the histopathological assessment of thymomas: a clinicopathological correlation of 28 cases treated with a similar regimen. Lung 2013;191:379-83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-013-9465-5
- Pennathur A, Qureshi I, Schuchert MJ, et al. Comparison of surgical techniques for early-stage thymoma: feasibility of minimally invasive thymectomy and comparison with open resection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011;141:694-701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.09.003
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN guidelines version 1: thymomas and thymic carcinomas. Plymouth Meeting (PA): National Comprehensive Cancer Network; 2021.
- Song SH, Suh JW, Yu WS, et al. The role of postoperative radiotherapy in stage II and III thymoma: a Korean multicenter database study. J Thorac Dis 2020;12:6680-9. https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-20-1713
- Takeo S, Tsukamoto S, Kawano D, Katsura M. Outcome of an original video-assisted thoracoscopic extended thymectomy for thymoma. Ann Thorac Surg 2011;92:2000-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.07.054
- Weksler B, Tavares J, Newhook TE, Greenleaf CE, Diehl JT. Robot-assisted thymectomy is superior to transsternal thymectomy. Surg Endosc 2012;26:261-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-011-1879-7
- Manoly I, Whistance RN, Sreekumar R, et al. Early and mid-term outcomes of trans-sternal and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for thymoma. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2014;45:e187-93. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezu077
- Friedant AJ, Handorf EA, Su S, Scott WJ. Minimally invasive versus open thymectomy for thymic malignancies: systematic review and meta-analysis. J Thorac Oncol 2016;11:30-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2015.08.004