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

Table 2 Recurrence rates and sites between patients with surgery followed by adjuvant radiotherapy and surgery alone

Therapy	No.of patients	No. of LR (%)	No. of RR (%)	First recurrence sites (%)
Therapy	No.of patients	No. of LR (%)	No. of RR (%)	PL	MS	CW	Lung	DP	DM
S + R	53	2 (3.8)	9 (17.0)	5 (9.4)	2 (3.8)	2 (3.8)	1 (1.9)	0	1 (1.9)
S alone	12	2 (16.7)	2 (16.7)	1 (8.3)	0	0	1 (8.3)	1 (8.3)	0

S + R indicates surgery plus radiotherapy, S, surgery; LR, local recurrence; RR, regional recurrence; PL, pleura; MS, mediastinum; CW, chest wall; DP, diaphragm; DM, distant metastasis.

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