PMC:5848821 / 30551-31554 JSONTXT

{"project":"testtesttest","denotations":[{"id":"T81","span":{"begin":622,"end":628},"obj":"Body_part"}],"attributes":[{"id":"A81","pred":"uberon_id","subj":"T81","obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002370"}],"text":"The large number of patients that could be collected on this rare disease entity is one of the strengths of this study. Its retrospective nature is one of the weaknesses. The long study period necessary for collecting this large cohort of patients with this rare presentation of TETs is another limitation of this study. Innovations in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities may change institutional treatment practices influencing outcomes. Prospectively collected data on all patients with TETs and pleural involvement by ESTS/International Thymic Malignancies Interest Group and Japanese Association for Research on the Thymus are warranted. Nevertheless, this collaborative effort gives detailed insights into current diagnostic and therapeutic practices of European and Canadian thoracic surgery and underlines again the incontestable importance of surgery for patients with primary and recurrent TETs with pleural involvement. We recommend close follow-up after surgery for pleural disease of TETs."}