Doubling Time of Thymic Epithelial Tumors Correlates With World Health Organization Histopathologic Classification

摘要

OBJECTIVE. Awareness of volume doubling times (VDTs) of different thymic epithelial tumors (TETs), including low-and high-grade thymomas and thymic carcinomas, is important for their management. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the VDTs of incidentally found TETs using 3D volumetry (3D-VDT) and longest diameter (LD-VDT).