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Table 1 Characteristics of patients

From: Postoperative radiotherapy for completely resected Masaoka stage III thymoma: a retrospective study of 65 cases from a single institution

Characteristic

S + R

S alone

χ2

P

 

n = 53(%)

n = 12(%)

  

Sex

  

0.3

0.6

Male

26(49.1%)

7 (58.3%)

  

Female

27(50.9%)

5 (41.7%)

  

Age

  

0.0

0.9

>48

22(41.5%)

5 (41.7%)

  

≤ 48

31(58.5%)

7 (58.3%)

  

pathologic type

  

0.4

0.5

B3

13(24.5%)

4 (33.3%)

  

Other subtypes

40(75.5%)

8 (66.7%)

  

Tumor size

  

0.4

0.8

≤ 7cm

25(49.1%)

5 (41.7%)

  

>7cm

28(50.9%)

7 (58.3%)

  

Myasthenia Gravis

  

0.007

0.9

Presence

17(32.1%)

4 (33.3%)

  

Absence

36(67.9%)

8 (66.7%)

  

Multistructure invasion

  

0.003

0.9

Presence

26(49.1%)

6 (50.0%)

  

Absence

27(50.9%)

6 (50.0%)

  

Pleural effusion

  

1.5

0.2

Presence

6(11.3%)

0 (0.0%)

  

Absence

47(88.7%)

12 (100.0%)

  
  1. S + R indicates surgery and radiotherapy; S, surgery.