title: [Chemotherapy in disseminated thymoma--case report, own experience].
abstract: Thymomas are thymic epithelial neoplasms. Surgery plays a major role in thymoma treatment but chemotherapy can significantly improve prognoses for this group of patients. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (before surgery), adjuvant chemotherapy (after surgery), chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy and palliative chemotherapy in dissemination stage could be required in effective therapy. The aim of this paper is description of the effective systemic second line treatment in the case of 66 years old patient with advanced thymoma.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Onkologii Klinicznej i Doświadczalnej, Centrum Onkologii Instytutu im. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie, Oddział w Gliwicach. izolda.domin@wp.pl
authors.forename: Izolda
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mrochen-Domin
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chmielik
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Starzyczny-Słota
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nowara
authors.forename: Marlena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sikora
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D013945:Thymoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome