<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0123-9015</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Cancerología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[rev.colomb.cancerol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0123-9015</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Cancerología E.S.E.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0123-90152019000300092</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.35509/01239015.17</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Tumores del timo: Experiencia del Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de Colombia]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Thymic tumors: Experience of the National Cancer Institute of Colombia]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Buitrago-Ramírez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel Ricardo]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mantilla-Gaviria]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Habib Jussef]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carreño Dueñas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Alexander]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Cancerología Departamento de Cirugía de Tórax ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá D. C]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Militar Central Departamento de Cirugía General ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá D. C]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Cancerología Grupo de Investigación Clínica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá D. C]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>23</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>92</fpage>
<lpage>98</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0123-90152019000300092&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0123-90152019000300092&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0123-90152019000300092&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Objetivos: Los tumores del timo tienen incidencia global de 0,13 por 100.000 habitantes, pero representan un importante porcentaje de tumores del mediastino. Hay poca literatura basada en nuestra población, por esto, hacemos un aporte de nuestra experiencia en el Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INC).  Métodos: Se hizo un estudio tipo series de caso, revisando las historias clínicas de los pacientes con tumores del timo tratados en el INC entre 2006 y 2017.  Resultados: Desde el 2006 al 2017 se encontraron 31 pacientes con tumores del timo tales como timoma, hiperplasia tímica, quistes tímicos y carcinomas tímicos, predominando en el género femenino y con una mediana de 62 años de edad. 2 pacientes presentaron miastenia gravis (MG). 27 fueron sometidos a timectomía por medio de esternotomía, videotoracoscopia, toracotomía, entre otros, obteniendo una supervivencia global mayor al 90% a 5 años de seguimiento. Los estadios de Masaoka I, II y III tienen mejor pronóstico que los tipos IV independientemente de la histología.  Conclusiones: La timectomía es el tratamiento de primera línea en los casos resecables, incluso en los que existe compromiso de estructuras vecinas que permiten una resección quirúrgica completa. Los resultados presentados describen conductas y resultados similares a los encontrados en la literatura mundial.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Objectives: Thymic tumors have an overall incidence of 0.13 per 100,000 inhabitants, but they represent a significant percentage of mediastinal tumors. There is little literature based on our population, we make a contribution of our experience in the National Cancer Institute.  Methods: We did a case series study, reviewing the clinical histories of patients with thymic tumors treated at the National Cancer Institute from 2006 to 2017.  Results: From 2006 to 2017, 31 patients with thymic tumors such as thymoma, thymic hyperplasia, thymic cysts and thymic carcinomas were found, mainly in the female gender and with a median of 62 years of age. 2 patients presented Myasthenia Gravis (MG). 27 patients underwent thymectomy through sternotomy, video-thoracoscopy, thoracostomy among others, obtaining an overall survival greater than 90% at 5 years of follow-up. The stages of Masaoka I, II and III have a better prognosis than type IV regardless of the histological type.  Conclusions: Thymectomy is the first-line treatment in resectable cases, even when there is a compromise of nearby structures that allow a complete surgical resection. Our results describe behaviors and results similar to those found in the world literature.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Timoma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Neoplasias del timo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Carcinoma tímico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Thymoma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Thymus Neoplasms]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Thymic carcinoma]]></kwd>
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