[Tumors of the thymus. Importance of radiotherapy (author's transl)].
A series of 10 cases with thymic tumor treated at the Institut Bordet were reviewed to assess the effectiveness of radiotherapy. Radiotherapy associated or not to an incomplete surgical resection yielded 3 cases of 5 year survival for invasive thymomas out of 5 patients with this follow-up. A review of the literature shows that irradiation at efficient doses will control local growth and improve survival in patients with invasive thymoma.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery
Tumeurs thymiques. Utilité de la radiothérapie