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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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Medical Oncology · Indiana University Simon Cancer Center
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I do not routinely recommend adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with resected thymic carcinoma as there is no data that this improves outcome. If not an R0 resection, then we recommend post-operative radiation therapy.

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