Table 1 Detailed clinicopathological parameters of 50 patients with thymoma

 Male

21

42

 Female

29

58

Symptoms

29

58

 Retrosternal pressure

6

12

 Chest pain

5

10

 Dysphagia

5

10

 Dyspnea

3

6

 Cough

2

4

 Hoarseness

1

2

 Involuntary weight loss

4

8

 Superior vena cava syndrome

2

4

 Myasthenia gravis

14

28

 CT scan

50

100

 PET-CT

25

50

 Tumor biopsy

35

70

 Chemotherapy

1

2

 Chemoradiation

1

2

Surgery

45

90

 Sternotomy

24

53

 VATS

15

33

 Thoracotomy

6

13

 R0 resection

42

93

 R1 resection

2

5

 R2 resection

1

2

 Chemoradiation

1

2

 Radiotherapy

24

48

 Chemotherapy

4

8

 Radiotherapy

1

2

 Chemoradiation

1

2

 A

6

12

 AB

5

10

 B1

8

16

 B2

12

24

 B3

12

24

 C

7

14

 I

20

40

 IIA

15

30

 IIB

3

6

 III

6

12

 IVA

1

2

 IVB

5

10