title: [A case of invasive thymoma made resectable by preoperative chemotherapy].
abstract: A 25-year-old male patient of invasive thymoma was referred to our institute on March'95. He had night coughs and on the annual chest X ray exam a large tumor was found in antero-superior mediastinum. At first his tumor was too large to be resected and left brachiocephalic vein was completely occluded. By needle biopsy it was proved to be thymoma, therefore, preoperative chemotherapy was planned. The tumor responded well to the two courses of ADOC (ADM, CDDP, VCR, CAP) therapy and the tumor seemed to become resectable. In June operation was performed and the tumor was resected completely. It appears that in case of stage Ill invasive thymoma, preoperative chemotherapy is one of the choices although it seems unresectable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, JR Tokyo General Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murota
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013945:Thymoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002945:Cisplatin