TY - JOUR ID - 239954 TI - Thymoma Recurrence and its Predisposing Factors in Iranian Population: a Single Center Study JO - TANAFFOS (Respiration) JA - RSPR LA - en SN - 1735-0344 AU - Seifi, Sharareh AU - Salimi, Babak AU - Khosravi, Adnan AU - Esfahani-Monfared, Zahra AU - Pourabdollah, Mihan AU - Sheikhi, Kambiz AD - Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, AD - 2Tobacco Prevention and Control Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, AD - Lung Transplantation Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 18 IS - 4 SP - 355 EP - 364 KW - Thymoma KW - Epidemiology KW - Prognosis KW - Risk Factors KW - Recurrence DO - N2 - Background: Thymoma is relatively rare tumor. Prognosis and patients' outcome vary across different studies. We aimed to study the predisposing factors causing tumor recurrence in thymoma patients. Materials and Methods: A total of 43 thymoma or thymic carcinoma patients treated at the National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Masih Daneshvari Hospital from September 2005 to January 2017 were evaluated. The primary endpoint was the progression free survival (PFS). The relation of predisposing factors to PFS was studied. Results: Median age was 55 years old. The mean of follow-up duration was 22.9 months. The most prevalent pathology was thymoma unspecified. Pure red cell aplasia (n=3, 6.9%) was the most prevalent Para neoplastic syndrome. Most of the patients (n=23, 54%) were in stage III and IV Masaoka-Koga staging system. Disease progression was observed in 17 patients (39. 5%). Most recurrences occurred locally. None of demographic characteristics differed between patients who experienced disease recurrence and those who did not. After univariate and multivariate analysis, predisposing factor for disease progression was only Masaoka-Koga stage (P- value=0.015 and 0.031 respectively). Conclusion: In this study, among different probable predisposing factors, only Masaoka-Koga stage had significant effect on disease recurrence. Large case-control studies may be required for better evaluation of risk factors. UR - https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_239954.html L1 - https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_239954_1ad432f3c404867e98092fe8df7d21b0.pdf ER -