Malignant thymoma: role of radiation therapy in management
| Autor: | C R Kersh, T A Hazra, D R Eisert |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Thymoma medicine.medical_treatment Radiotherapy High-Energy Surgical therapy medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Cobalt Radioisotopes Aged Retrospective Studies Malignant Thymoma business.industry Mediastinum Biopsy only Subtotal Resection Mediastinal mass Thymus Neoplasms Middle Aged Combined Modality Therapy Radiography Radiation therapy Rare tumor medicine.anatomical_structure Female Radiology Radioisotope Teletherapy business Nuclear medicine Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Radiology. 156:207-209 |
| ISSN: | 1527-1315 0033-8419 |
| DOI: | 10.1148/radiology.156.1.3923554 |
| Popis: | Malignant thymoma is a rare tumor generally seen as an anterior mediastinal mass. Radiation therapy in ten patients with malignant thymoma diagnosed in 1968-1983 was reviewed retrospectively. Surgical therapy consisted of subtotal resection in four patients and biopsy only in six. Megavoltage irradiation in the dose range of 4,600-5,250 cGy was employed. In all symptomatic patients, palliation of presenting symptoms was achieved. In seven patients, a greater than 50% reduction in tumor mass followed radiation therapy. Local control was achieved in six patients. Three patients show no evidence of disease clinically, after a minimum follow-up study of 1 year. Radiation therapy is an important therapeutic modality in the control of malignant thymoma. |
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