Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma

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How would you treat patient with a recurrent thymic carcinoma after prior surgery and concurrent chemoradiation?

Chemoradiation completed 1.5 years prior

When do you add chemotherapy to post-operative RT for thymomas after a R2 resection?

Is there a role for checkpoint inhibition in patients with advanced, high PD-L1 expressing, chemotherapy-refractory thymoma?

What if the patient has thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis?

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When do you consider preoperative chemoRT v. chemotherapy in unresectable thymoma or thymic carcinoma?

The current NCCN guidelines reserves radiation for patients who are not resectable after induction chemotherapy. Does it make sense to offer concurren...

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What factors other than resection status (R1,2) do you consider when offering adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with thymic carcinoma, and how do you coordinate with post-op radiation?

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What criteria do you use to guide your decision on adjuvant radiation for thymic carcinoma?

Additionally, would you give elective nodal coverage or just the postop bed?

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Radiat Oncol, 2016-09-21

Involved field radiotherapy (IFRT) versus elective nodal irradiation (ENI) for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis of incidence of elective nodal failure (ENF).

The Lancet. Oncology, 2015-02

Sunitinib in patients with chemotherapy-refractory thymoma and thymic carcinoma: an open-label phase 2 trial.

J. Clin. Oncol., 2017 Dec 14

Phase II Study of Everolimus in Patients With Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma Previously Treated With Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy.

J. Clin. Oncol., 2018 Jun 15

Pembrolizumab for Patients With Refractory or Relapsed Thymic Epithelial Tumor: An Open-Label Phase II Trial.

J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.,

Prognostic factors and long-term results after thymoma resection: a series of 307 patients.

Cancer, 2015 Jan 06

Postoperative radiotherapy is effective for thymic carcinoma but not for thymoma in stage II and III thymic epithelial tumors: the Japanese Association for Research on the Thymus Database Study.

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg,

Report from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons prospective thymic database 2017: a powerful resource for a collaborative global effort to manage thymic tumours.

Lancet Oncol.,

Lenvatinib in patients with advanced or metastatic thymic carcinoma (REMORA): a multicentre, phase 2 trial.

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