Radiation Oncology

Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma

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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?

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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Papers discussed in this category

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).

Front Oncol, 2016

Definitive IMRT for Stage III Thymic Carcinoma: A Brief Report and Literature Review.

Radiation Oncology

Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma

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