Survival Nomogram for Patients With Thymic Carcinoma

Inclusion Criteria: * The diagnosis of TC in patients should be confirmed through endoscopic tumor biopsy or surgery to obtain tumor tissue for pathological confirmation under light microscope, and even further confirmed through immunohistochemical staining. * Patients should accept surgery and obtain complete postoperative pathological reports in order to assess Masaoka-Koga staging. * Patients who accepted surgery should be followed up at least six months or reached the endpoint event. Exclusion Criteria: * The patient had two types of primary tumors concurrently including TC. * The tumor in the thymus was not primary but metastatic, having originated from a different primary site. * The patient did not obtain a complete pathological report after surgery.