Treatment and prognosis of thymic carcinoma: a retrospective analysis of 40 cases

K Ogawa, T Toita, T Uno, N Fuwa, Y Kakinohana… - Cancer, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Thymic carcinomas are rare neoplasms, and information regarding the
results of treatment and possible prognostic factors in patients with these tumors is limited …

Thymic carcinoma: state of the art review

TY Eng, CD Fuller, J Jagirdar, Y Bains… - International Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
Thymic carcinoma is a rare neoplasm with distinct clinical and pathological characteristics.
The prognosis is often poor with an aggressive course that belies its numerical rarity …

Thymic carcinoma. Clinical institutional experience with 15 patients

S Takeda, N Sawabata, M Inoue… - European journal of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Objective: We retrospectively evaluated 15 patients with thymic carcinoma treated with
various modalities and investigated overall management of this disease. Methods: From …

Masaoka stage and histologic grade predict prognosis in patients with thymic carcinoma

Y Hosaka, M Tsuchida, S Toyabe, H Umezu… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Thymic carcinoma is a rare tumor. Limited data are available regarding the
effectiveness of treatment and the prognosis of thymic carcinoma. The present study aimed …

[HTML][HTML] Thymic carcinoma: 30 cases at a single institution

M Yano, H Sasaki, T Yokoyama, H Yukiue… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2008 - Elsevier
Introduction Thymic carcinoma is a rare and invasive mediastinal neoplasm that often
metastasizes. It constitutes a heterogeneous group of tumors that displays different biologic …

Postoperative radiotherapy in thymic carcinoma: treatment results and prognostic factors

HC Hsu, EY Huang, CJ Wang, LM Sun… - International Journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Purpose: To analyze the treatment results and prognostic factors of patients with primary
thymic carcinoma treated by total or subtotal tumor resection followed by radiotherapy alone …

Thymic carcinoma: outcomes after surgical resection

IC Okereke, KA Kesler, RK Freeman, KM Rieger… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Thymic carcinoma is a rare malignancy with little information regarding
outcomes after therapy with curative intent. We undertook a retrospective analysis of all …

Primary thymic carcinoma

HC Liu, WH Hsu, YJ Chen, YJ Chan, YC Wu… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2002 - Elsevier
Background. Thymic carcinoma is a malignancy of the anterior mediastinum, always with
poor prognosis. Up to the present, very few articles have discussed and evaluated either the …

[HTML][HTML] Thymic carcinoma outcomes and prognosis: results of an international analysis

U Ahmad, X Yao, F Detterbeck, J Huang… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives The objectives of this collaborative study were to characterize patients with
thymic carcinoma, their treatment patterns, and association with overall survival (OS) and …

Thymic carcinoma: a multivariate analysis of factors predictive of survival in 290 patients

B Weksler, R Dhupar, V Parikh, KS Nason… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Thymic carcinoma is a rare, aggressive disease with low 5-year survivals.
We undertook this study to identify factors that impact prognosis and to better define the …