WHO histologic classification is a prognostic indicator in thymoma

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 77; no. 4; pp. 1183 - 1188
• Main Authors: Kondo, Kazuya, Yoshizawa, Kiyoshi, Tsuyuguchi, Masaru, Kimura, Suguru, Sumitomo, Masayuki, Morita, Junji, Miyoshi, Takanori, Sakiyama, Shoji, Mukai, Kiyoshi, Monden, Yasumasa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.04.2004; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Disease-Free Survival; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pneumology; Prognosis; Survival Rate; Thymoma - classification; Thymoma - mortality; Thymoma - pathology; Thymus Neoplasms - classification; Thymus Neoplasms - mortality; Thymus Neoplasms - pathology; Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum; World Health Organization; 13; Thymus pathology; Prognosis; Thymoma; Mediastinum disease; Classification; Tumor; Anesthesia; Histology; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Indicator; WHO

The histologic classification of thymoma has remained a subject of controversy for many years. In 1999, the World Health Organization Consensus Committee published a histologic typing system for tumors of the thymus. We reclassified a series of 100 thymomas resected at Tokushima University Hospital...