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Thymoma: Radiation and Chemotherapy

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Abstract

The initial treatment of choice for all thymomas, with the exception of rare cases presenting with grossly unresectable local disease or diffuse metastases, is complete tumor resection. Surgical considerations are discussed elsewhere in this volume [1]. While various investigators have suggested that histological morphology [2–5] and flow cytometric assessment [6] may have prognostic implications, the primary determinants of clinical outcome are surgicopathologic staging and the related extent of surgical resection [7–10], which then form the basis for selection of adjuvant radiation and/or chemotherapy.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, RC-08, 98195, Seattle, WA, USA

    Wui-Jin Koh M.D. (Associate Professor)

  2. Section of Hematology and Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 46202-2879, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Patrick J. Loehrer Sr. M.D. (Professor of Medicine)

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington Medical Center, RC-08, 1959 NE Pacific Street, 98195, Seattle, WA, USA

    Charles R. Thomas Jr. M.D. (Fellow)

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  1. Section of General Thoracic Surgery, Division of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, SA-25, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, 98195, Seattle, WA, USA

    Douglas E. Wood MD (Head) (Head)

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, RC-08 Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, 98195, Seattle, WA, USA

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Koh, WJ., Loehrer, P.J., Thomas, C.R. (1995). Thymoma: Radiation and Chemotherapy. In: Wood, D.E., Thomas, C.R. (eds) Mediastinal Tumors. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79426-1_3

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