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===Age=== | ===Age=== | ||
The risk increases with age. Thymic carcinoma is uncommon in children, is seen more often in middle-aged adults and there is a peak incidence in patients in their 70s. | The risk increases with age. Thymic carcinoma is uncommon in children, is seen more often in middle-aged adults and there is a peak incidence in patients in their 70s.<ref name="pmid2951303">{{Cite journal | ||
| author = [[Ia E. Ekha]], [[T. T. Serka]] & [[T. A. Sulling]] | |||
| title = [Angioplasty after aortocoronary shunting] | |||
| journal = [[Grudnaia khirurgiia (Moscow, Russia)]] | |||
| issue = 1 | |||
| pages = 25–30 | |||
| year = 1987 | |||
| month = January-February | |||
| pmid = 2951303 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
===Gender=== | ===Gender=== | ||
Men are more commonly affected than women. <ref>{{Cite journal | Men are more commonly affected than women.<ref name="pmid2951303">{{Cite journal | ||
| author = [[Ia E. Ekha]], [[T. T. Serka]] & [[T. A. Sulling]] | | author = [[Ia E. Ekha]], [[T. T. Serka]] & [[T. A. Sulling]] | ||
| title = [Angioplasty after aortocoronary shunting] | | title = [Angioplasty after aortocoronary shunting] | ||
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===Ethnicity=== | ===Ethnicity=== | ||
It is more common in Asians and African Americans than in Whites. | |||
It is more common in Asians and African Americans than in Whites.<ref name="pmid2951303">{{Cite journal | |||
| author = [[Ia E. Ekha]], [[T. T. Serka]] & [[T. A. Sulling]] | |||
| title = [Angioplasty after aortocoronary shunting] | |||
| journal = [[Grudnaia khirurgiia (Moscow, Russia)]] | |||
| issue = 1 | |||
| pages = 25–30 | |||
| year = 1987 | |||
| month = January-February | |||
| pmid = 2951303 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alejandro Lemor, M.D. [2]
Epidemiology
Age
The risk increases with age. Thymic carcinoma is uncommon in children, is seen more often in middle-aged adults and there is a peak incidence in patients in their 70s.[1]
Gender
Men are more commonly affected than women.[1]
Ethnicity
It is more common in Asians and African Americans than in Whites.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ia E. Ekha, T. T. Serka & T. A. Sulling (1987). "[Angioplasty after aortocoronary shunting]". Grudnaia khirurgiia (Moscow, Russia) (1): 25–30. PMID 2951303. Unknown parameter
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