Table 1.
Patients characteristics.
| B3 Thymoma | Thymic Carcinoma | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 36) | (n = 127) | ||||
| Characteristics | No. | % | No. | % | p Value |
| Sex | 0.155 | ||||
| Male | 27 | 75.0 | 79 | 62.2 | |
| Female | 9 | 25.0 | 48 | 37.8 | |
| Age | 0.095 | ||||
| Median | 51.5 | 57 | |||
| Range | 22–69 | 20–73 | |||
| ≤65 | 34 | 94.4 | 106 | 83.5 | |
| >65 | 2 | 5.6 | 21 | 16.5 | |
| Stage | 1.000 | ||||
| III | 1 | 2.8 | 3 | 2.4 | |
| IV | 35 | 97.2 | 124 | 97.6 | |
| Smoking history | 0.071 | ||||
| Former | 22 | 61.1 | 56 | 44.1 | |
| Never | 14 | 38.9 | 71 | 55.9 | |
| ECOG PS | 0.670 | ||||
| 0 | 21 | 58.3 | 69 | 54.3 | |
| 1 | 15 | 41.7 | 58 | 45.7 | |
| Surgery | 0.011 | ||||
| Yes | 18 | 50.0 | 35 | 27.6 | |
| No | 18 | 50.0 | 92 | 72.4 | |
| Radiotherapy | 0.340 | ||||
| Yes | 21 | 58.3 | 85 | 66.9 | |
| No | 15 | 41.7 | 42 | 33.1 | |
Abbreviations: ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance status.