[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and safety of treatments for advanced thymic carcinoma after failure of first-line platinum-based chemotherapy: A systematic literature review and …

A Arunachalam, I Zhang, B Zhao, AM Frederickson… - Lung Cancer, 2023 - Elsevier
Thymic carcinoma (TC) is a rare cancer and patients failing initial chemotherapy
(relapse/refractory) face limited therapeutic options given no approved options or consensus …

Optimal first‐line treatment for advanced thymic carcinoma

X Yang, M Zhuo, A Shi, S Yang, Z Wang, M Wu… - Thoracic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Thymic carcinomas (TCs) are rare aggressive tumors with no standard first‐line
treatment. This study was conducted to determine the optimal chemotherapy regimen for …

Salvage chemotherapy in patients with previously treated thymic carcinoma

K Kaira, H Imai, O Yamaguchi, A Mouri, H Kagamu - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Thymic carcinoma is identified as thoracic neoplasm having low sensitivity
to systemic chemotherapy. As first-line setting, platinum-based chemotherapy is …

[HTML][HTML] Chemotherapy with paclitaxel plus carboplatin for relapsed advanced thymic carcinoma

Z Song - Journal of Thoracic Disease, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective For rarity of thymic carcinoma, no definitive chemotherapeutic regimen has been
established in second-or further-line settings. The aim of this study was to evaluate the …

Response to cytotoxic chemotherapy in patients previously treated with palliative-intent chemotherapy for advanced thymic carcinoma

Y Okuma, Y Hosomi, S Takahashi, Y Maeda… - Clinical Lung Cancer, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Clinical efficacy of second-and later-line chemotherapy for patients with thymic
carcinoma previously treated with chemotherapy remains uncertain; limited data are …

Cisplatin and irinotecan as first-line chemotherapy for previously untreated metastatic thymic carcinoma: updated analysis

A Fukuda, Y Okuma, T Hakozaki, K Mirokuji… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Platinum-based chemotherapy is the de facto standard treatment for metastatic or
unresectable thymic carcinoma. The optimal chemotherapy regimen has not yet been …

Prognostic factors and efficacy of first‐line chemotherapy in patients with advanced thymic carcinoma: A retrospective analysis of 286 patients from NEJ023 study

R Ko, T Shukuya, Y Okuma, K Tateishi, H Imai… - The …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background The prognostic factors and the efficacy of first‐line chemotherapy remain
unclear in patients with advanced thymic carcinoma. Materials and Methods We conducted …

[HTML][HTML] Are anthracycline-based regimens truly indicated to be the standard chemotherapy regimen for thymic carcinoma?

F Hirai, R Toyozawa, K Nosaki, T Seto - Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction Thymic carcinoma (TC) is an exceptionally rare form of tumor that differs from
thymoma by virtue of its very poor prognosis. The difficulties associated with conducting …

Characteristics and outcome of systemic treatment for metastatic or unresectable thymic carcinoma: A single institution experience

IW Ho, YL Pan, JI Lai, CY Liu - Thoracic Cancer, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Thymic carcinoma is a rare disease with an incidence of around 0.5 cases per
million with a poor prognosis. The aim of this study was to assess patient outcomes with …

Phase II trial of S‐1 treatment as palliative‐intent chemotherapy for previously treated advanced thymic carcinoma

Y Okuma, Y Goto, F Ohyanagi, K Sunami… - Cancer …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thymic carcinoma (TC) is a rare cancer with minimal evidence of survival following palliative‐
intent chemotherapy. Sunitinib, everolimus, and pembrolizumab have been proposed as …