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Case Report: Complete remission of thymic carcinoma using dose-dense chemotherapy [PDF]
Frontiers in OncologyThymic epithelial tumors, including thymoma and thymic carcinoma, are rare malignancies of the mediastinum, often associated with poor long-term outcomes in advanced stages.
Mae Shu +4 more
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 The diagnosis of thymic carcinoma may pose significant problems not necessarily in the histopathological diagnosis but rather in assigning the thymus as specific origin.
Doaa Alqaidy, Cesar A. Moran
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Clinical & Biomedical Research, 2016 Thymic carcinomas are a heterogeneous group of aggressive, invasive epithelial malignancies. Their incidence is rare, occurring predominantly in middle-aged men. Here we present the typical imaging findings of a thymic carcinoma. The combination of imaging characteristics with tumor location and patient age provides a roadmap for approaching the ...
Machado, Vitória Homem +2 more
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Ectopic cervical thymic squamous cell carcinoma misdiagnosed as thyroid cancer: a case report [PDF]
Korean Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2022 Ectopic thymic neoplasm, particularly ectopic thymic carcinoma, is a rare disease that presents as a neck mass. Here, we present a case of ectopic thymic squamous carcinoma in a 65-year-old man who presented with persistent hoarseness.
Ju-Yeon Kim +7 more
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Current Oncology, 2022 Background: B3 type thymoma is defined as a well-differentiated thymic carcinoma and is similar to a thymic carcinoma. However, the differences between them are not well defined.
Yue Hao +6 more
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Elevated serum CYFRA 21‐1 level as a diagnostic marker for thymic carcinoma
Thoracic Cancer, 2021 Background No useful tumor markers have been identified for the diagnosis of thymic carcinomas. Serum cytokeratin 19 fragment, measured using the CYFRA 21‐1 immunoassay, is used as a tumor marker for squamous cell carcinomas in various malignant tumors ...
Haruhiko Shiiya +10 more
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The role of surgery in advanced thymic tumors: A retrospective cohort study
Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 BackgroundThere is no definitive and detailed treatment guideline for advanced thymic tumors, thus when lymph node and other organ metastasis are present, clinical guidelines recommend chemotherapy-based multidisciplinary treatment.
Weifeng Qi, Hui Tian
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Thoracic Cancer, 2022 Background It is often difficult to distinguish between thymoma and thymic carcinoma by preoperative radiological tests. While there have been some reports that the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) in positron emission tomography‐computed ...
Takashi Kanou +7 more
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022 Thymic neoplasms are a relatively uncommon tumor, with the anterior mediastinum being the most common. Median sternotomy is the procedure of choice for the treatment of thymomas.
Jincheng Wang +3 more
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Molecular predictors of response to pembrolizumab in thymic carcinoma
Cell Reports Medicine, 2021 Summary: Thymic carcinoma is rare and has a poorer prognosis than thymomas. The treatment options are limited after failure of platinum-based chemotherapy.
Yongfeng He +4 more
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