Is Computed Tomography Really Reliable in Differentiation of Thymomas According to the Masaoka-Koga Staging System?
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
The Masaoka-Koga Stage
No official stage classification for thymic malignancies has been defined by the Union Internationale Contre le Cancer (UICC) and the American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC). The International Thymic Malignancy Interest group (ITMIG) has selected the Masaoka system 1 with the modification proposed by Koga et al 2 as the one that will be used 3 , until a scientifically validated system is def...
متن کاملMasaoka staging is of prognostic relevance in type B3 / C thymomas.
BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to correlate the Ki67 labelling index (LI) with the Masaoka classification and the new WHO-classification in type B3 / C thymomas. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fourteen patients with type B3 / C thymomas were evaluated, and archived specimens were histologically reclassified according to Masaoka staging, the new WHO classification and the Ki-67 LI in a retrosp...
متن کاملStaging of Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancer: Computed Tomography versus Histopathology
Introduction: Computed tomography (CT) imaging is the choice of investigation for evaluation of extent of tumor under the mucosa, locally and regionally. This study was undertaken to assess the accuracy of preoperative CT imaging in the staging of carcinoma of the larynx and hypopharynx. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective study, all cases who were clinically (c) staged T3–T4 and w...
متن کاملGastric Adenocarcinoma: Is Computed Tomography (CT) Useful in Preoperative Staging?
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although multiple studies testing the accuracy of CT in the preoperative staging of gastric adenocarcinoma have been carried out, their results are controversial. Whilst some authors claim that CT is an accurate method for preoperatively staging gastric cancer, others have advocated the contrary. Because of this discrepancy we have retrospectively reviewed preoperative CT...
متن کاملBehind and Beyond the Masaoka Staging
We analyzed prognosticators for recurrence and post-recurrence survival in completely resected thymic epithelial tumors for the past 25 years in a single institution.Between June 1988 and December 2013, 238 patients undergoing intent-to-treat surgery for thymic epithelial tumors were reviewed. Sex, age, myasthenia gravis (MG), tumor histology, Masaoka staging, characteristic of locoregional inv...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0003-4975
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.10.062