2021
Invasive thymoma – Which patients benefit from post-operative radiotherapy?
Muslim Z, Baig MZ, Weber JF, Detterbeck FC, Connery CP, Spera JA, Bhora FY. Invasive thymoma – Which patients benefit from post-operative radiotherapy? Asian Cardiovascular And Thoracic Annals 2021, 29: 935-942. PMID: 33975467, DOI: 10.1177/02184923211017094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-operative radiotherapyWorld Health Organization histologyMasaoka-Koga stageStage III thymomaPropensity-matched cohortStage III diseaseClinical pathological factorsEnd Results (SEER) databasePositive prognostic indicatorUnderwent surgerySurgical treatmentThymoma patientsAdvanced thymomaB3 tumorsPrognostic implicationsResults databaseTumor sizeInvasive thymomaPrognostic indicatorSurvival differencesPatientsRadiotherapyThymomaSurgeryTumors
2004
Thymic tumors
Detterbeck FC, Parsons AM. Thymic tumors. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2004, 77: 1860-1869. PMID: 15111216, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.10.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplete resectionThymic tumorsMainstay of treatmentSurvival of patientsIVA thymomaPostoperative radiotherapyThymic carcinomaPreoperative chemotherapyIndolent coursePartial resectionStage IIIResectionThymomaPatientsAggressive behaviorTumorsLittle benefitSuch casesChemotherapyCarcinomaRadiotherapyMainstay