Chemotherapy for advanced thymoma: preliminary results of an intergroup study

PJ Loehrer Sr, CA Perez, LM Roth… - Annals of Internal …, 1990 - acpjournals.org
Objective: To determine the efficacy of combination therapy with cisplatin, doxorubicin, and
cyclophosphamide alone or with radiotherapy for patients with extensive and those with …

Optimal therapy for thymoma

K Kondo - The Journal of Medical Investigation, 2008 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Thymoma is the most common tumor of the anterior mediastinum. This tumor is associated
with unique paraneoplastic syndromes (myasthenia gravis, pure red cell aplasia …

Post-operative radiotherapy in invasive thymoma

MA Jackson, DL Ball - Radiotherapy and Oncology, 1991 - Elsevier
The experience of a large Cancer Institute in treating invasive thymoma has been reviewed.
Twenty-eight patients received radiotherapy following biopsy or incomplete resection of a …

Chemotherapy of invasive or metastatic thymoma: report of 11 cases.

A Fornasiero, O Daniele, P Sperandio… - Cancer treatment …, 1984 - europepmc.org
Eleven patients with invasive thymoma (seven males and four females) were seen from
1977 to 1983. All patients were adults with a median age of 46 years (range, 24-62), and …

Invasive thymoma: the role of mediastinal irradiation following complete or incomplete surgical resection.

WJ Curran Jr, MJ Kornstein, JJ Brooks… - Journal of Clinical …, 1988 - ascopubs.org
To evaluate the role of mediastinal irradiation (RT) following surgery for invasive thymomas,
a clinical and pathologic review of 117 patients with the diagnosis of thymoma was …

Cisplatin plus doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide in metastatic or recurrent thymoma: final results of an intergroup trial. The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group …

PJ Loehrer Sr, K Kim, SC Aisner… - Journal of clinical …, 1994 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of cisplatin, doxorubicin,
and cyclophosphamide (PAC) in patients with advanced thymoma with respect to response …

Malignant thymoma: role of radiation therapy in management.

CR Kersh, DR Eisert, TA Hazra - Radiology, 1985 - pubs.rsna.org
Malignant thymoma is a rare tumor generally seen as an anterior mediastinal mass.
Radiation therapy in ten patients with malignant thymoma diagnosed in 1968-1983 was …

Debulking surgery for advanced thymoma

HC Liu, YJ Chen, CY Tzen, CJ Huang… - European Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
AIMS: This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of debulking surgery in the
treatment of locally advanced but operable malignant thymoma. METHODS: We reviewed …

The management of malignant thymoma with radiation therapy

LS Ariaratnam, S Kalnicki, F Mincer… - International Journal of …, 1979 - Elsevier
Eleven patients were treated at Montefiore Hospital from 1962 to 1975 for malignant thymic
tumor. Radiation therapy was administered in the immediate post-operative period or for …

Multimodality treatment of thymoma: a prospective study

F Venuta, EA Rendina, EO Pescarmona… - The Annals of thoracic …, 1997 - Elsevier
Background. Thymomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors. Treatment of invasive
lesions is not well standardized. The aim of this study is to propose a clinicopathologically …