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Successful Chemotherapy with Carboplatin and S-1 for Thymic Carcinoma: A Case Report

Case Reports in Oncology, 2013
Thymic carcinoma is a rare but aggressive neoplasm. Although there is no clearly optimal first- or second-line chemotherapy regimen for thymic carcinoma, platinum-based chemotherapy has repeatedly been shown to be of benefit to patients with advanced ...
Satoshi Igawa, Nobuyuki Yanagisawa, Mikiko Ishihara, Michiko Kimura, Sachiyo Maki, Sakiko Otani, Jiichiro Sasaki, Noriyuki Masuda   +7 more
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Thymic carcinoma metastasize to the small intestine: a case report

BMC Gastroenterology, 2020
Background Thymic carcinoma is a rare mediastinal neoplasm with a high malignant potential. It often shows pleural invasion and distant metastasis. The metastasis of thymic carcinoma to the small intestine is rarely reported and difficult to distinguish ...
Yi Yuan, Hong Pu, Ming-hui Pang, Yi-sha Liu, Hang Li   +4 more
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Robust and durable response to first-line treatment of pembrolizumab combined with chemotherapy in two patients with metastatic thymic squamous cell carcinoma: Case report

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Thymic carcinoma is a rare and aggressive disease with poor outcome. There is no established treatment regimen for advanced thymic carcinoma. While the efficacy of pembrolizumab was proved to be promising, as a single agent, in patients with refractory ...
Cui Chen, Peng Sun, Jianting Long
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Transforming growth factor-β signaling in thymic epithelial cells : its role in development, steady-state and immune reconstitution [PDF]

, 2010
The thymus constitutes the primary lymphoid organ responsible for the generation of naïve T cells. Its stromal compartment is composed of a scaffold of different subsets of epithelial cells that provide soluble and membrane-bound molecules essential for ...
Hauri-Hohl, Mathias Martin
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De novo thymic carcinoma or malignant transformation: a myasthenic patient presented with multiple mediastinal tumours

Respirology Case Reports, 2020
A 63‐year‐old man presented with bilateral ptosis, and detailed evaluation confirmed ocular myasthenia gravis with three anterior mediastinal masses on computed tomography (CT) of the chest.
Chu‐Pin Pai, Chih‐Ming Lin, Yi‐Chen Yeh, Chien‐Sheng Huang, Biing‐Shiun Huang   +4 more
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Thymoma and thymic carcinoma. [PDF]

Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
Jain SK.
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Does myasthenia gravis affect long-term survival in thymic carcinomas? An ESTS database analysis

, 2022
: Background: Thymic carcinoma is a rare and highly malignant tumor with a dismal prognosis, which occasionally coexists with myasthenia gravis (MG). This study aims to investigate the MG incidence on a surgical cohort of patients with thymic carcinoma ...
Luca Voltolini, Spaggiari, Lorenzo, Boubia, Souheil, Marco Chiappetta, Francesco Sollitto, Enyed, Attila, Marco Scarci, Jòzsef Furàk, Furak, Jozsef, Thomas, Pascal Alexandre, Chiappetta, Marco, Evangelista, Jessica, Aigner, Clemens, Voltolini, Luca, Luca Ampollini, Nachira, Dania, Andrea Billè, null null, Lococo, Filippo, Campisi, Alessio, Bille, Andrea, Liverakou Evangelia, van Schil, Paul, Clemens Aigner, Stefano Margaritora, Guerrera, Francesco, null, null, Enrico Ruffini, Ampollini, Luca, Van Raemdonck, Dirk, Francesco Guerrera, Ruffini, Enrico, Sollitto, Francesco, Bernhard Moser, Enyedi, Attila, Moser, Bernhard, Pierre Emmanuel Falcoz, ESTS Thymic Working Group ESTS Thymic Working Group, Toker, Alper, Paul Van Schil, Lorenzo Spaggiari, Falcoz, Pierre Emmanuel, Alper Toker, Attila Enyed, Ests Thymic Working Group, null, Dirk Van Raemdonck, Dania Nachira, Souheil Boubia, Liberman, Moishe, Alessio Campisi, Filippo Lococo, Moishe Liberman, Pascal Alexandre Thomas, Scarci, Marco, Evangelia, Liverakou, Margaritora, Stefano, Jessica Evangelista   +56 more
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Infant with Life Threatening Thymic Carcinoma [PDF]

, 2019
Thymic epithelial neoplasms consist of thymomas, thymic carcinoids and thymic carcinomas. Carcinomas are malignant tumors of the thymus; they compromise only 4%-14% of thymic epithelial neoplasms.
Shrif, Rebwar Ahmed, Muhamed, Rzgar Ghareeb, Abdullah, Basil Kadhim, Baram, Aram, Qadir, Ali Omer, Salih, Khalid Hama, Muhealddina, Dashti Latif, Mohammed, Zardasht Bakr   +7 more
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Quantitative texture analysis based on dynamic contrast enhanced MRI for differential diagnosis between primary thymic lymphoma from thymic carcinoma

Scientific Reports, 2022
To evaluate the value of texture analysis based on dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) in the differential diagnosis of thymic carcinoma and thymic lymphoma. Sixty-nine patients with pathologically confirmed (thymic carcinoma, n = 32; thymic lymphoma,
Jia-jia Zhu, Jie Shen, Wei Zhang, Fen Wang, Mei Yuan, Hai Xu, Tong-fu Yu   +6 more
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Function of Gata-2 in thymic epithelial cells : a transcription factor identified from gene expression analysis of endodermal cells committed to thymic epithelial cell fate [PDF]

, 2010
The thymus structure composes of clear morphological regions. The T-cell precursors enter the thymus in the cortico-medullary junction and migrate through the cortex towards the sub capsular region and back through to the cortex into the medulla.
Na, Kyung-Jae
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