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There were 46 (51.7%) males and 43 (48.3%) females. The mean duration of follow-up was 60 months (range, 2 months to 8 years). Stage II was the most common stage (37 [41.6%]), followed by stage I with 30 (33.7%) patients, stage IIIA with 11 (12.4%) patients, stage IVA with six (6.7%) patients and stage IIIB with five (5.6%) patients. Overall (actuarial) 5-year survival was achieved by 84 of 89 patients (94.4%). Stage-specific survival was as follows: 100% in stage I (30 of 30 patients), 100% in stage II (37 of 37 patients), 54.5% in stage IIIA (six of 11 patients), 80.0% in stage IIIB (four of five patients) and 50.0% in stage IVA (three of six patients).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Complete surgical resection is the main modality used for the definitive diagnosis, staging and surgical cure of thymoma.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/0300060519868339","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,12]],"date-time":"2019-09-12T03:58:07Z","timestamp":1568260687000},"page":"4940-4948","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Thymomas: five-year outcomes of open surgery and a single centre experience"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"47","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9217-1189","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aram","family":"Baram","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of surgery\/Unit of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sulaimani, Al Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan\/Iraq"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_4_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/jso.1146"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0003-4975(91)90999-7"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/1097-0142(19940715)74:2<606::AID-CNCR2820740212>3.0.CO;2-T"},{"key":"e_1_3_4_5_2","first-page":"1","article-title":"Diagnosis of thymoma metastasis via endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronch\u0131al needle aspiration.","volume":"1","author":"Ozt\u00fcrk A","year":"2016","unstructured":"Ozt\u00fcrk A, G\u00fcll\u00fc T, Yilmaz A, et\u00a0al. 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