Thymoma and thymic carcinoma: surgical resection and multidisciplinary treatment

Y Zhang, D Lin, B Aramini, F Yang, X Chen, X Wang… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Surgery is the main treatment for thymic tumors, and multidisciplinary
treatment would benefit patients a lot. Despite numerous technological advances in the …

Thymic epithelial tumours: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

N Girard, E Ruffini, A Marx, C Faivre-Finn… - Annals of …, 2015 - annalsofoncology.org
Thymomas are further subdivided into different types (called A, AB, B1, B2, B3 and rare
others) based upon the morphology of epithelial tumour cells, the relative proportion of the …

[HTML][HTML] Thymic tumours and their special features

C Basse, N Girard - European Respiratory Review, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Thymic tumours are rare thoracic malignancies, that may be aggressive and difficult to treat.
The pillars of the management include pathological review, consideration of differential …

Postoperative radiotherapy is effective for thymic carcinoma but not for thymoma in stage II and III thymic epithelial tumors: The J apanese A ssociation for R esearch …

M Omasa, H Date, T Sozu, T Sato, K Nagai, K Yokoi… - Cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The efficacy of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) for thymic epithelial
tumors is still controversial. Using the Japanese Association for Research on the Thymus …

Chinese expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of thymic epithelial tumors

C Xu, Y Zhang, W Wang, Q Wang, Z Li, Z Song… - Thoracic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thymic epithelial tumors (TETs) are a relatively rare type of thoracic tumor, accounting for
less than 1% of all tumors. The incidence of TETs is about 3.93/10000 in China, slightly …

[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 …

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons expert consensus document on the surgical management of thymomas

DZ Liou, MF Berry, LM Brown… - The Annals of …, 2024 - annalsthoracicsurgery.org
12Department of Radiation Oncology, VCU Health, Richmond, VA 13Division of Thoracic
Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA …

[HTML][HTML] Surgical treatment strategies for invasive thymoma

S Funaki, Y Shintani, E Fukui, R Kanzaki… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A thymoma is a common anterior thymus mediastinal tumor composed of atypical epithelial
tumor cells, though the morbidity rate is lower as compared to other types of thoracic …

Thymic epithelial tumours: from basic principles to individualised treatment strategies

N Girard - European Respiratory Review, 2013 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Thymic epithelial tumours represent a wide range of anatomical, clinical, histological and
molecular malignant entities that may be aggressive and difficult to treat. The …

Nerve-sparing surgery in advanced stage thymomas

V Aprile, P Bertoglio, S Korasidis, D Bacchin… - The Annals of Thoracic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Phrenic nerve infiltration has been described in as many as 33% of advanced
thymomas; en bloc resection causes diaphragmatic loss of function, with detrimental effects …