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The prognostic value of selected clinical and morphological factors was assessed in relation to overall survival and recurrence\u2010free survival.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The risk of recurrence increased significantly in thymic carcinoma diagnosis (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.0036), co\u2010occurrence of other diseases, and weight loss (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.0012 and 0.0348, respectively). Multivariate analysis showed that the most important independent risk factor for disease recurrence was clinical stage IV (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.0036). A total of 63 patients (33.5%) died. In the univariate analysis, the following factors were considered as independent prognostic factors for overall survival: clinical stage (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001), histological type (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001), lymph node involvement (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), WHO performance status 2 (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001), anemia (Hb &lt;9.5 g\/dL; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.0002), leucocytosis (&gt;12.5 G\/L; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.0011), LDH level (&gt;185 U\/L; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001), concomitant diseases (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.0012) and weight loss (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001).The strongest independent risk factor for death was stage IV disease (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The results confirmed a fairly good prognosis for patients with thymic epithelial tumors. 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