[Thymic tumors]

Cancer Radiother. 2005 Nov;9(6-7):351-7. doi: 10.1016/j.canrad.2005.07.004. Epub 2005 Sep 15.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Thymomas and thymic carcinomas are rare and slow-growing tumors, which develop within the anterior mediastinum. Thymomas are often associated with autoimmune disorders and most particularly myasthenia gravis. The treatment of choice remains a complete surgical resection. Postoperative radiotherapy is often combined in case of invasive thymoma invading into adjacent organs. Postoperative radiotherapy in stage II with invasion into capsule has been more controversial lately. In inoperable locally advanced, or metastatic thymic tumors, neoadjuvant cisplatin-based followed by surgery and radiotherapy has given interesting results in the past years.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma / pathology
  • Carcinoma / radiotherapy
  • Carcinoma / surgery*
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Prognosis
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Thymoma / pathology
  • Thymoma / radiotherapy
  • Thymoma / surgery*
  • Thymus Neoplasms / pathology
  • Thymus Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Thymus Neoplasms / surgery*