Tumors of the mediastinum

BV Duwe, DH Sterman, AI Musani - Chest, 2005 - Elsevier
Tumors of the mediastinum represent a wide diversity of disease states. The location and
composition of a mass is critical to narrowing the differential diagnosis. The most common …

[HTML][HTML] Surgical, radiation, and systemic treatments of patients with thymic epithelial tumors: a systematic review

CB Falkson, ET Vella, PM Ellis, DE Maziak… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Thymic epithelial tumors are rare and are classified as thymoma, thymic
carcinoma, and thymic neuroendocrine tumors. The objective of this systematic review was …

Tumor recurrence and survival in patients treated for thymomas and thymic squamous cell carcinomas: a retrospective analysis

P Ströbel, A Bauer, B Puppe, T Kraushaar… - Journal of clinical …, 2004 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Thymic epithelial tumors (TET) are rare epithelial neoplasms of the thymus with
considerable histologic heterogeneity. This retrospective study focused on the correlation of …

Adjuvant radiotherapy for thymic epithelial tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

RJ Korst, AL Kansler, PJ Christos, S Mandal - The Annals of thoracic …, 2009 - Elsevier
Adjuvant radiotherapy after complete resection of localized, invasive thymic epithelial tumors
is considered by many to be the standard of care, despite little supporting literature. We …

Thymoma and thymic carcinoma: an update of the WHO Classification 2004

P Ströbel, A Marx, A Zettl, HK Müller-Hermelink - Surgery today, 2005 - Springer
When dealing with tumors of the thymus and mediastinum, both the surgeon and the
pathologist are confronted with a vast variety of different pathohistologic entities, among …

Treatment of malignant thymoma

G Giaccone - Current opinion in oncology, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Treatment of malignant thymoma : Current Opinion in Oncology Treatment of malignant
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Postoperative radiotherapy for completely resected Masaoka stage III thymoma: a retrospective study of 65 cases from a single institution

C Fan, Q Feng, Y Chen, Y Zhai, Z Zhou, D Chen… - Radiation …, 2013 - Springer
Background The role of adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) for patients with stage III thymoma after
complete resection is not definite. Some authors have advocated postoperative RT after …

A single institutional experience of surgically resected thymic epithelial tumors over 10 years-Clinical outcomes and clinicopathologic features

BK Kim, BC Cho, HJ Choi, JH Sohn… - Oncology …, 2008 - spandidos-publications.com
Thymic epithelial tumors (TETs) consist of a series of neoplasm that differ morphologically
and biologically. Due to its rarity and indolent natural history, large-scale prospective trials …

A review of the place and role of radiotherapy in thymoma

DC Lombe, B Jeremic - Clinical Lung Cancer, 2015 - Elsevier
Thymomas, tumors that arise from the epithelial cells of the thymus gland, are the most
common tumors of the anterior mediastinum despite their overall rarity. They are not …

[HTML][HTML] Type B thymoma: is prognosis predicted only by World Health Organization classification?

HK Kim, YS Choi, J Kim, YM Shim, J Han… - The Journal of thoracic and …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The prognostic relevance of subtypes within type B thymomas is controversial.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the utility of World Health Organization (WHO) …