TY - JOUR
T1 - Radiotherapy for Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma
AU - Fuller, Clifton David
AU - Housman, Douglas M.
AU - Thomas, Charles R.
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - The role of radiotherapy for patients who have thymic neoplasms remains unclear. The low incidence of thymic malignancies, excellent outcome with complete resection, and limited body of evidence obfuscate the role of radiation therapy within the current multidisciplinary management of disease. Nonetheless, existing literature reports and novel radiotherapy techniques show increasing potential for integration of radiotherapy into the standard therapeutic milieu for carefully selected patient subpopulations.
AB - The role of radiotherapy for patients who have thymic neoplasms remains unclear. The low incidence of thymic malignancies, excellent outcome with complete resection, and limited body of evidence obfuscate the role of radiation therapy within the current multidisciplinary management of disease. Nonetheless, existing literature reports and novel radiotherapy techniques show increasing potential for integration of radiotherapy into the standard therapeutic milieu for carefully selected patient subpopulations.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.hoc.2008.03.012
DO - 10.1016/j.hoc.2008.03.012
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18514129
AN - SCOPUS:44249102758
SN - 0889-8588
VL - 22
SP - 489
EP - 507
JO - Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America
JF - Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America
IS - 3
ER -