Long-term survival of thymoma patients by histologic pattern and proliferative activity

A. Pich, R. Chiarle, L. Chiusa, R. Ponti, M. Geuna, C. Casadio, G. Maggi, G. Palestro

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Abstract

We performed DNA flow cytometry and analysis of the argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions (AgNORs) in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections from 60 surgically resected thymomas. The results were correlated with histologic pattern, stage, associated clinical features, and survival to assess which parameters could best predict prognosis. On univariate analysis, the 10-year survival rates were 86% for predominantly lymphocytic type but only 42% for predominantly epithelial, mixed lymphoepithelial, or spindle cell thymomas (p = 0.006); survival rates were 85% for noninvasive but only 34% for invasive thymomas (p = 0.0002); 73% for diploid but only 38% for aneuploid cases (p = 0.005); 88% for thymomas with 5.75 AgNORs per cell or fewer but only 34% for thymomas with more than 5.75 AgNORs per cell (p < 0.0001). On multivariate survival analysis, tumor stage (p < 0.001) and AgNOR counts (p = 0.009) retained independent prognostic significance. The 16 patients with predominantly lymphocytic type and 5.75 AgNORs per cell or fewer were all alive at the end of the observation period. In conclusion, the histologic type of the American classification and the proliferative activity evaluated by AgNOR analysis are the best predictors of long-term survival for patients with thymoma. Both predictors can be easily evaluated in the same histologic section, are highly reproducible, and permit identification of a group of patients with a favorable outcome regardless of other clinicopathological features.

Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)918-926
Numero di pagine9
RivistaAmerican Journal of Surgical Pathology
Volume19
Numero di pubblicazione8
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 1995
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