Table 1. ESTS thymic minimum dataset—minimum standard data fields to be completed for data analysis.

Gender (male/female)

Date of birth

Date of surgery

Paraneoplastic associated syndromes (MG, etc.)

Final pathologic diagnosis (thymoma, thymic carcinoma, NETT)

WHO histology

Thymic carcinoma histology

NETT histology

Pathologic Masaoka stage

Final pathologic resection status (R0, R1, R2§)

Pathologic TNM stage (IASLC/ITMIG staging, 8th Ed. TNM)

Outcome at discharge (alive/dead)

Chemotherapy (intent, date initiated)

Radiotherapy (intent, date initiated)

Date of death or last follow-up date

Vital status

^§: R0, complete resection; R1, incomplete resection (microscopic); R2, incomplete resection (macroscopic). ESTS, European Society of Thoracic Surgeons; MG, myasthenia gravis; NETT, neuroendocrine thymic tumor.