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 …

Long-term outcomes of surgery for thymic carcinoma: experience of 25 cases at a single institution

T Tagawa, H Suzuki, T Nakajima… - The Thoracic and …, 2015 - thieme-connect.com
Background Thymic carcinoma, a relatively rare entity, often presents as locally advanced
disease, and sometimes as distant metastatic disease. The treatment strategy, long-term …

[HTML][HTML] Chemoradiotherapy for unresectable cases of thymic epithelial tumors: a retrospective study

J Kashima, Y Okuma, H Murata… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Because of the rarity of thymic epithelial tumors (TETs), there is no treatment for
managing unresectable tumors that is supported by a high level of evidence. We present …

Multimodal treatment of thymic carcinoma: report of nine cases

E Magois, J Guigay, P Saint Blancard, J Margery… - Lung cancer, 2008 - Elsevier
Thymic carcinoma (TC) is thymic epithelial tumor which differs from thymoma because of its
rarity, agressiveness and poor prognosis. We studied nine patients with TC according to the …

S‐1 plus cisplatin with concurrent radiotherapy for locally advanced thymic carcinoma: study protocol of LOGIK1605/JART‐1501

M Fukuda, S Funaki, T Yamazaki, S Sato… - Thoracic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thymic carcinoma is a rare epithelial tumor of the thymus with a poor prognosis, and
multimodal approaches are important for its treatment. Recently, a number of studies have …

[HTML][HTML] Systemic treatments for thymic tumors: a narrative review

PA Zucali, F De Vincenzo, M Perrino, N Digiacomo… - Mediastinum, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Thymic epithelial tumours (TETs) are rare tumours originating from the thymus. Considering
the rarity of this disease, the management of TETs is still challenging and difficult. In fact, all …

[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 …

Thymic malignancies: Moving forward with new systemic treatments

J Remon, CR Lindsay, MV Bluthgen, B Besse - Cancer Treatment Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Thymic neoplasms are rare malignant tumours, for which the mainstay of treatment is
surgical resection. Platinum-based chemotherapy remains the principal treatment in …

Common and rare carcinomas of the thymus

AC Roden, M Szolkowska - Virchows Archiv, 2021 - Springer
Thymic carcinoma encompasses a diverse group of rare tumors that occur almost
exclusively in the prevascular (anterior) mediastinum. Thymic carcinomas have a worse …

[HTML][HTML] Surgery in Masaoka stage IV thymic carcinoma: a propensity-matched study based on the SEER database

C Ye, M Bao, H Li, X Liu, G Jiang… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Thymic carcinoma is a type of rare and highly malignant tumor. Limited
information was available on prognostic factors of late-stage thymic carcinoma. The aim of …