Table 5.

Summary of selected MEN1 series with thymic carcinoid (TC) tumors

Author	Type of study	Location	Number of MEN1 cases	TC tumors	Prevalence (%)	Male (%)	Outcome
de Laat et al. 2014	Observational study using a national database	Netherlands	323	11	3.4	91	7 deceased by the end of follow-up (10-year survival of 25 %)
Ferolla et al. 2005	Observational study using a national registry	Italy	221	7	3.2	100	3 died during follow-up (range, 23–120 months)
Gibril et al. 2003	Prospective observational, single referral center	US	85	7	8.2	100	1 died during follow-up (range, 0.13–15.3 years)
Goudet et al. 2009	Observational study using national registry	France	761	21	2.8	95.2	10 died during follow-up (10-year probability of survival 36.1 %)
Sakurai et al. 2013	Observational study using a registry	Japan	560	28	5.0	64.3	8 died during follow-up (median follow-up of 6.7 years; 10-year probability of survival of 30.3 %)
Teh et al. 1997	Observational, different referral centers	Australia/Malaysia	204	10	4.9 %	100	9 patients died during follow-up (mean follow-up of 4.5 years)
Teh et al. 1998	Observational, different referral centers	Australia/Malaysia	Not clear	10	Not clear	100	1 patient died during follow-up (range, 2–162 months)
Present study	Observational, single referral center	US	348	7	2.0	100	4 patients died during follow-up (range, 3–11 years)