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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2022

Incidence, mortality, and survival analyses of patients with thymic lymphoma.

Li Wang, Zhile Wang, Lanqing Huo, Ailin Zhao

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  1. Hodgkin lymphoma in pre-existing thymoma: a case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024
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Li WangDepartment of Hematology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Zhile WangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Lanqing HuoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China.
Ailin ZhaoDepartment of Hematology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

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Objectives: To explore the clinical and prognostic characteristics of thymic lymphoma and the effects of current treatments on the prognosis. Methods: Patients diagnosed as primary thymic lymphoma between 1975 and 2018 from the nine states of the US were identified, including Atlanta, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, San Francisco-Oakland, Seattle-Puget Sound, and Utah. Incidence and mortality rates were analyzed using SEER*Stat 8.3.9 software. Univariate and multivariate Cox regressions were performed to identify prognostic factors. The Kaplan-Meier curve and log-rank test were used to compare overall survival (OS) among different treatments. Results: A total of 233 patients diagnosed as thymic lymphoma were identified, and eight of them were lost to follow-up or died upon diagnosis. The incidence of thymic lymphoma was 2.032 per ten million (95% CI: 1.777-2.312), and the mortality rate was 0.649 per ten million (95% CI: 0.508-0.817). Among the 225 patients with definite follow-up, 98 were males and 127 were females, with a median age of 33 years. The Cox regression results showed that age and pathological type were independent risk prognostic factors. The 5-, 10-, and 20-year OS were 80.0%, 77.5%, and 70.9%, respectively. For Ann Arbor stage I and II patients, there was no significant difference between the surgical group (N = 78) and the non-operative group (N = 65; P = 0.270). The radiotherapy group (N = 79) had better OS than the non-radiotherapy group (N = 64) in the first 25 years, and the prognosis in the later years was not significantly different (P = 0.051). The chemotherapy group (N = 37) had a significantly better prognosis than the non-chemotherapy group (N = 37; P = 0.020). Patients who received postoperative radiotherapy (N = 45) or who only received radiotherapy (N = 34) seemed to have better OS than that of patients who only received surgery (N = 33), although the difference was not significant (P = 0.063). Conclusions: Age and pathological type were independent prognostic factors for thymic lymphoma. Surgical treatment had limited effects on OS, while both radiotherapy and chemotherapy could significantly improve the survival outcome.

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chemotherapyprognosisradiotherapysurgerythymic lymphoma

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