Radiotherapy for thymoma and thymic carcinoma.
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.
Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate Division of Radiological Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7979 Wurzbach Road, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA.
Clifton David
CD
Fuller
Douglas M
DM
Housman
Charles R
CR
Thomas
D006801:Humans; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000379:methods; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*