Table 1.
Characteristics of thymic squamous cell cancer in SEER database.
| Number of patients | Percent of total number | |
| Total number | 216 | 100.0% |
| Mean age of diagnosis = 62 years | ||
| Time of diagnosis | ||
| 1997–2000 | 21 | 9.7% |
| 2000–2010 | 74 | 34.2% |
| 2010–2015 | 121 | 56.1% |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 98 | 45.4% |
| Male | 118 | 54.6% |
| Race | ||
| White | 141 | 65.3% |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 51 | 23.6% |
| Others | 24 | 11.1% |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 135 | 62.5% |
| Single | 70 | 32.4% |
| Unknown | 11 | 5.1% |
| SEER stage | ||
| Localized | 42 | 19.4% |
| Regional | 100 | 46.3% |
| Distant | 69 | 31.9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 2.4% |
| Surgery | ||
| Yes | 126 | 58.3% |
| None/Unknown | 90 | 41.7% |
| Radiotherapy | ||
| Yes | 118 | 54.6% |
| None/Unknown | 98 | 45.4% |
| Chemotherapy | ||
| Yes | 129 | 59.7% |
| None/Unknown | 87 | 40.3% |
| Insurance | ||
| Insured | 143 | 66.2% |
| Uninsured/unknown | 73 | 33.8% |