Report from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons prospective thymic database 2017: a powerful resource for a collaborative global effort to manage thymic tumours
Ruffini E, Guerrera F, Brunelli A, Passani S, Pellicano D, Thomas P, Van Raemdonck D, Rocco G, Venuta F, Weder W, Detterbeck F, Falcoz PE. Report from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons prospective thymic database 2017: a powerful resource for a collaborative global effort to manage thymic tumours. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2019, 55: 601-609. PMID: 30649256, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy448.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuroendocrine thymic tumoursThymic tumorsAdjuvant treatmentThymic carcinomaStage IStage IIIB tumorsEuropean SocietyStage IV tumorsOverall recurrence rateInvasive surgical approachNew International AssociationCollaborative global effortIIIB tumorsProspective databaseStage IIIAMetastasis classificationRecurrence rateGroup tumorsRare tumorSurgical approachRetrospective databaseInvasive techniquesStage IIIPatientsTumors