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Would you consider the thymus as an OAR during treatment planning for advanced NSCLC?

Hypothesis-generating results of Prudente et al. in Annals of Oncology 2026 suggest that mean thymic dose may affect distant metastasis in adult NSCLC. What future data might convince you one way or the other?
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Radiation Oncology · Quillen VA Medical Center
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The DiGeorge Syndrome results from failure of the branchial pouches to develop Parathyroid and Thymus. The Thymus influences the development of the T lineage lymphocytes, surveillance, memory of infection, all aspects of T mediated immunity. The thymic “sail” sign in infants and children worried so...

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