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Treatment and outcome.
| Case | Surgical approach | Surgical treatment | CT | RT | Recurrence | Follow-up (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PL | Extirpation (incomplete) | + | 40 | Local, brain | 69, death |
| 2 | MS | Extirpation | − | − | − | 170, deatha |
| 3 | PL | Exploratory thoracotomy | + | 70 | 14, death | |
| 4 | PL | Extirpation | − | − | − | 277, alive |
| 5 | MS | Extirpation | − | 46 | − | 255, alive |
| 6 | PL | Extirpation | − | − | local | 18, death |
CT: Chemotherapy, RT: Radiotherapy, PL: posterolateral, MS: median sternotomy.
Died of other disease.
