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The prognosis of thymoma appears to be correlated mainly with the extent of the tumor, the radically of surgical exeresis1,2 and, as it has recently been reported, with the histological type.3 Association with myasthenia gravis (MG) does not adversely affect patients’ survival.4
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Evoli, A., Batocchi, A.P., Palmisani, M.T., Lauriola, L., Doglietto, G.B., Tonali, P. (1997). Thymoma and Myasthenia Gravis. In: Marx, A., Müller-Hermelink, H.K. (eds) Epithelial Tumors of the Thymus. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0033-3_45
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