Radiation Oncology

Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma

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How does metaplastic thymoma histology impact your decision regarding adjuvant radiation?

E.g. would it prompt you to offer adjuvant RT in Masaoka IIA? Does the histology have a different prognosis?

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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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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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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.

Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc, 2019 Oct 22

Metaplastic thymoma: a distinctive thymic neoplasm characterized by YAP1-MAML2 gene fusions.

Radiation Oncology

Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma

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